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Photos and video: ICE protests return to Durango

About a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday

Shane Benjamin

Herald Staff Writer

Friday, Jan 2, 2026 3:16 PM MT

Updated Saturday, Jan 3, 2026 1:41 AM MT

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Haley Chatwin, 28, of Durango, has her eyes rinsed with water after being pepper‑sprayed outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office on  Jan. 2 in Durango. (Shane Benjamin/Durango Herald)
Haley Chatwin, 28, of Durango, has her eyes rinsed with water after being pepper‑sprayed outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office on Jan. 2 in Durango. (Shane Benjamin/Durango Herald)Shane Benjamin/Durango Herald
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers remove protesters after they linked arms and sat in front of the ICE field office driveway Friday in Durango. (Shane Benjamin/Durango Herald)
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers remove protesters after they linked arms and sat in front of the ICE field office driveway Friday in Durango. (Shane Benjamin/Durango Herald)cca
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers remove protesters after they linked arms and sat in front of the ICE field office driveway Friday in Durango. (Shane Benjamin/Durango Herald)
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers remove protesters after they linked arms and sat in front of the ICE field office driveway Friday in Durango. (Shane Benjamin/Durango Herald)Shane Benjamin/Durango Herald
A protester who declined to be identified has his shirt cut off after being pepper sprayed outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office Friday in Durango. (Shane Benjamin/Durango Herald)
A protester who declined to be identified has his shirt cut off after being pepper sprayed outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office Friday in Durango. (Shane Benjamin/Durango Herald)cca
A protester who asked not to be identified by name has her eyes rinsed with water after being pepper sprayed outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office Friday in Durango. (Shane Benjamin/Durango Herald)
A protester who asked not to be identified by name has her eyes rinsed with water after being pepper sprayed outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office Friday in Durango. (Shane Benjamin/Durango Herald)cca
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer prepares to pepper spray protesters in front of the ICE field office driveway Friday in Durango. (Shane Benjamin/Durango Herald)
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer prepares to pepper spray protesters in front of the ICE field office driveway Friday in Durango. (Shane Benjamin/Durango Herald)cca
Protesters link arms and prepare to block vehicles from leaving the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office Friday in Durango. (Shane Benjamin/Durango Herald)
Protesters link arms and prepare to block vehicles from leaving the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office Friday in Durango. (Shane Benjamin/Durango Herald)cca
A protester who declined to be identified has his eyes rinsed with water after being pepper sprayed outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office Friday in Durango. (Shane Benjamin/Durango Herald)
A protester who declined to be identified has his eyes rinsed with water after being pepper sprayed outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office Friday in Durango. (Shane Benjamin/Durango Herald)cca
Protesters link arms and prepare to block vehicles from leaving the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office Friday in Durango. A federal agent exits the vehicle carrying pepper spray. (Shane Benjamin/Durango Herald)
Protesters link arms and prepare to block vehicles from leaving the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office Friday in Durango. A federal agent exits the vehicle carrying pepper spray. (Shane Benjamin/Durango Herald)cca
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers remove protesters after they linked arms and sat in front of the ICE field office driveway Friday in Durango. (Shane Benjamin/Durango Herald)
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers remove protesters after they linked arms and sat in front of the ICE field office driveway Friday in Durango. (Shane Benjamin/Durango Herald)cca
Protesters link arms and prepare to block vehicles from leaving the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office Friday in Durango. (Shane Benjamin/Durango Herald)
Protesters link arms and prepare to block vehicles from leaving the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office Friday in Durango. (Shane Benjamin/Durango Herald)cca
A protester who asked not to be identified by name has her eyes rinsed with water after being pepper sprayed outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office Friday in Durango. (Shane Benjamin/Durango Herald)
A protester who asked not to be identified by name has her eyes rinsed with water after being pepper sprayed outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office Friday in Durango. (Shane Benjamin/Durango Herald)cca

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