Nashville reporter arrested by US ICE has been released, her legal team says

FILE PHOTO: The badge of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is embroidered on a polo shirt of an ICE employee, at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement two-day job fair in Texas to help fill vacancies for deportation officers and attorneys, in Arlington, Texas, U.S. August 26, 2025. REUTERS/Shelby Tauber/File Photo

WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) - ⁠A Colombian reporter working for a Spanish-language news outlet who was arrested ⁠by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Nashville in early March ‌was released from custody on Thursday, her legal team said.

ICE arrested Estefany Maria Rodriguez Florez of Nashville Noticias in the Tennessee capital and her detention drew swift condemnation from human rights, immigration advocacy and press ​freedom groups.