Immigration

Aurora identifies woman cited in connection with flag removals during July ICE protest



The Aurora Police Department has identified a woman cited in connection with flag vandalism on July 12 outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center.

Michelle Mata, 37, of Lakewood was issued a summons on July 24 for criminal tampering. She is scheduled to appear in municipal court Aug. 27, according to a copy of the summons obtained after The Denver Post submitted an open records request through the Colorado Criminal Justice Records Act. She previously had not been identified.

Aurora police refused to release Mata’s name when they announced a citation had been issued to one person accused of taking down flags and replacing them with others during a protest at the detention center. The Denver Post also has requested police incident reports about the protest, but those documents have not been provided.

The agency previously released photos of six people that investigators were trying to identify.



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