CHICAGO (AP) — Freedom was short-lived for Mexican immigrants who were recently released after nearly 20 years in an Illinois prison after a judge ruled their confessions in a gruesome double-murder case were coerced.

Gabriel Solache and Arturo DeLeon-Reyes were quickly detained again. They're awaiting deportation proceedings from Immigration and Customs Enforcement because they entered the country illegally.

They are among several defendants who have walked free because their cases were handled by Reynaldo Guevara. He's a discredited former Chicago detective facing allegations that for years he beat and bullied defendants to obtain false confessions.

DeLeon-Reyes' attorney said he's not sure he even made it past the fence outside the jail.

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