Local law enforcement arrested three people during a Beat Auto Theft Through Law Enforcement (BATTLE) deployment and recovered seven vehicles Monday evening, according to a blotter post by the Colorado Springs Police Department.

The BATTLE deployment was conducted within Colorado Springs and El Paso County by CSPD, the El Paso County Sheriff's Office and the Colorado State Patrol, according to the post. Jesus Madrid, 29, Lexus Banovich, 25, and Albert Blackburn, 39 were arrested during the deployment.

During the BATTLE operation, sheriff's office vehicles attempted to block Madrid's vehicle, in which Banovich was a passenger, but he rammed his way out, "smashing" into the law enforcement vehicles before getting away, the post stated.

Madrid and Banovich were located in the 100 block of

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