{"id":451395,"date":"2026-09-29T19:44:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T19:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/451395\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T19:44:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T19:44:13","slug":"911-call-reveals-riot-reported-among-venezuelan-detainees-at-el-pasos-camp-east-montana-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/451395\/","title":{"rendered":"911 call reveals riot reported among Venezuelan detainees at El Paso\u2019s Camp East Montana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 A newly released 911 emergency call details moments inside Camp East Montana, an immigration processing facility in El Paso, where a federal officer reported a riot breaking out among Venezuelan detainees.<\/p>\n<p>In the audio recording, a caller identifying herself as a Deportation Officer contacts emergency dispatchers from 9620 Digital Road\u2014the location of the federal immigration facility known as Camp East Montana. <\/p>\n<p>During the call, the officer requests local police assistance, informing dispatchers that detainees had knocked down internal partitions inside the compound.<\/p>\n<p>Officer: &#8220;We have some rioting with the Venezuelans, and they&#8217;ve already knocked down the partition.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>911 Dispatcher: &#8220;You said you have some rioting?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Officer: &#8220;Yeah, in the immigration camp on Digital Road.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><p>911 call: Riot reported among Venezuelan detainees at El Paso\u2019s Camp East Montana<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The officer asked for El Paso Police Department assistance and noted she would head to the front entrance to ensure responding officers could gain entry to the facility.<\/p>\n<p>The emergency call comes following recent public attention regarding conditions and unrest at Camp East Montana. <\/p>\n<p>U.S. Representative Veronica Escobar (D-TX) recently toured the facility following reports of disturbance at the center. <\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/news\/local\/live-el-paso-congresswoman-addresses-camp-east-montana-after-tour?src=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">El Paso congresswoman tours Camp East Montana after reported riot at detention center<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speaking after her tour, Congresswoman Escobar addressed the incident, stating that the unrest involved Venezuelan nationals, many of whom expressed frustration over detention conditions and prolonged uncertainty regarding their immigration status and transportation options.<\/p>\n<p>Officials with the Department of Homeland Security provided the following statement on Sept. 8.<\/p>\n<p>Is there any reasonable expectation that illegal aliens who resort to violence while awaiting their immigration proceedings in custody have any intention of becoming peaceful, law-abiding members of American society?On September 7 around 1 PM, approximately 130 illegal alien detainees at Camp East Montana began throwing items, flipping furniture, and disabling security cameras. The detainees involved caused significant damage to the detention facility and property.There are no reported injuries at this time, and all detainees have been accounted for.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/sign-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up<\/a> to receive the top interesting stories from in and around our community once daily in your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 A newly released 911 emergency call details moments inside Camp East Montana, an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":451396,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-451395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}