DENVER (KDVR) — Mesa County Sheriff Todd Rowell is apologizing after one of his deputies may have illegally shared a 19-year-old's information with federal immigration officers, resulting in her detainment outside Fruita.

The sheriff's office first addressed the matter in June, saying it was not involved with immigration efforts. The office said it learned that a "communication group," later revealed to be a Signal app chat, may have been used for immigration purposes. The group was meant only for drug interdiction efforts. At least one deputy from the sheriff's office was in that group, including Deputy Alexander Zwinck.

The deputy's conversations in the chat may have led to the detention of Caroline Dias-Goncalves on June 5 in Mesa County by Homeland Security Investigations.

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