Sandro "Juancho" González Domínguez, co-owner of the Callejeros restaurants, was granted a $7,500 bond Thursday in immigration court but remains at the Krome Detention Center, run by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in Miami, Florida. A federal court had ordered him returned to Puerto Rico. Immigration judge Elvin Talavera Pedraza granted the bond, finding the 48-year-old Mexican businessman "is not a risk to the community nor a flight risk."
Appearing by screen in a Krome uniform, González Domínguez said "Thank you." His relatives are to pay the bond at the ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations office in the San Patricio Office Center in Guaynabo. Karen Marín Hernández, his partner and Callejeros co-owner, said she was happy with the outcome and that the family will pay the bond.
It remains unclear when he will be transferred to Puerto Rico. On Wednesday, federal judge Raúl Arias Marxuach ordered immigration authorities to return him, but that night federal prosecutors filed a motion for reconsideration. He was detained Saturday morning in front of one of his restaurants on Winston Churchill Avenue in Cupey.
A native of Guerrero, Mexico, he entered the U.S. illegally nearly three decades ago. Callejeros has eight locations, he owns 50%, and it employs about 115 people. Marín Hernández called the arrest "shocking" and "painful" and hopes he returns this week.