Border patrol detains 10-year-old Spokane girl and her dad, sends them to Texas detention center

Arnoldo Tiul Caal dropped his daughter off for school at Logan Elementary the morning of Jan. 9 with the unnerving sense that they were being followed.

By: Monica Carrillo-Casas and Elena Perry

Outlets: The Spokesman-Review

Published: January 23, 2026

Words: 1,317

Last Updated: 4 days, 20 hours ago

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Arnoldo Tiul Caal dropped his daughter off for school at Logan Elementary the morning of Jan. 9 with the unnerving sense that they were being followed.

After seeing 10-year-old Karla Tiul Baltazar off to her class, Tiul Caal didn’t make it back to their nearby apartment before he was stopped by federal immigration agents, detained and taken to a Border Patrol office in North Spokane.

Tiul Caal has been in Spokane for six years, said …

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