DURANGO, Colo. (KREX) - A peaceful protest in Durango escalated on Tuesday regarding the recent detainment of a family by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Federal agents pepper-sprayed demonstrators as they linked arms to block the outside of the ICE facility in Durango, as federal agents left the facility with the detained family.

The protest stemmed from the arrest of two children, ages 12 and 15, and their father, who were detained on their way to the children's school. The city of Durango said that initially, ICE agents told the Durango Police Department that agents had attempted to release the children to another parent, but were unsuccessful. Durango officers offered to help return the children to their mother, "but were informed that was no longer an option," according to the

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