Mesa County deputy who shared info about Utah college student put on leave

The Mesa County sheriff s deputy who shared with federal functionaries information about a Utah college trainee he pulled over leading to her arrest by immigration agents is on administrative leave Investigator Alexander Zwinck pulled over -year-old Caroline Dias Goncalves on June on Interstate near Loma because she was following a tractor-trailer too closely according to the sheriff s ofice Zwinck let Dias Goncalves go with a warning but he shared information about the traffic stop in a Signal group chat used by local and federal law enforcement for drug trafficking U S Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Dias Goncalves a short time later in Grand Junction and took her to the Denver Contract Detention Facility in Aurora where she has been detained for two weeks Dias Goncalves who attends the University of Utah came to the U S from Brazil with her family when she was and overstayed a tourist visa She has a pending asylum application according to the Salt Lake Tribune An immigration judge granted bail in Dias Goncalves incident and she is expected to be disclosed in the coming days her attorney announced Wednesday Zwinck was put on leave while the sheriff s office investigates the situation the agency explained in a comment Thursday Colorado law prohibits local law enforcement from working with federal agents on civil immigration enforcement Related Articles Jeffco sheriff pushes back on misleading Denver ICE declaration ICE raids and their uncertainty scare off workers and baffle businesses How President Trump s shifting deportation push has played out in Colorado There s no small moves Utah college pupil arrested by ICE in Grand Junction granted bail ICE takes custody of Spanish-language journalist arrested at Georgia protest Mesa County executives are reviewing messages in the Signal group chat to make sure sheriff s employees followed agency initiative and state law This includes but is not limited to working to understand if and when Mesa County Sheriff s Office employees were made aware that the information shared for drug interdiction efforts was being utilized for immigration enforcement the sheriff s office noted in a report Get more Colorado news by signing up for our daily Your Morning Dozen email newsletter