Carlos Illescas

Former Suburbs Reporter/Weekend Editor

Carlos Illescas

Carlos Illescas had been with The Denver Post since 1997 before leaving in June 2016. He had worked as a reporter covering the suburbs and was a weekend editor. He previously worked聽for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and the Aspen Daily News and graduated from Colorado State University in 1991.

Going through fire training at the Aurora Public Safety Training Center on May 4, students knock down a ceiling blaze while another line battles a room fire.

Aurora firefighters have highest number of calls in the nation, union says

May 18, 2016 at 8:31 a.m.

Aurora firefighters have highest number of calls in the nation, union says

AURORA, CO - OCTOBER 10: Aurora Mayor Steve Hogan works in his office at 15151 E. Alameda Parkway in Aurora, CO on October 10, 2013. He is two years into his four year stint as the Mayor of Aurora, Colorado. (Photo By Helen H. Richardson/ The Denver Post)

Aurora Mayor Steve Hogan pushes for new arts, cultural center

May 16, 2016 at 12:15 p.m.

Aurora Mayor Steve Hogan pushes for new arts, cultural center

AURORA, CO - MAY 10: Members of the Brotherhood for the Fallen place flowers during the Blue Rose Presentation as the Aurora Police Department honors the lives of fallen law enforcement officers in a ceremony at the department's Fallen Police Officer Memorial on Tuesday, May 10, 2016. In addition to recognizing Aurora Police officers who died in the line of duty, all officers in Colorado that died in the line of duty since January 2015, were honored.

Fallen officers from Aurora, statewide, honored in ceremony Tuesday

June 24, 2016 at 3:30 p.m.

Fallen officers from Aurora, statewide, honored in ceremony Tuesday

Ryan Frazier files appeal to make Republican primary for U.S. Senate

May 16, 2016 at 11:23 a.m.

Ryan Frazier files appeal to make Republican primary for U.S. Senate

AURORA, CO - OCTOBER 28: A man walks by a Martin Luther King, Jr., statue outside of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Library on October 28, 2015, in Aurora, Colorado. The Aurora Art in Public Places Commission has added a number of art installations around the city in recent months. Since its implementation the program has installed over 200 pieces of public art.

Aurora scraps effort to reform as a city and county

May 3, 2016 at 12:40 p.m.

Aurora scraps effort to reform as a city and county

Dylan Eason, left, and Isaiah Churchwell

Burlington police arrest two men in death of woman

May 2, 2016 at 2:35 p.m.

Burlington police arrest two men in death of woman

Aurora calls itself “Colorado’s safest large city,” but homicides are up 118 percent.

June 6, 2016 at 4:55 p.m.

Aurora calls itself "Colorado's safest large city," but homicides are up 118 percent.

A passenger disembarks from the light-rail train at the I-25 & Broadway Station on July 13, 2015, in Denver.

Overhead wires for light rail installed at Sable and Exposition

June 10, 2016 at 10:30 a.m.

Overhead wires for light rail installed at Sable and Exposition

Denver police arrest man in fatal shooting

April 24, 2016 at 2:50 p.m.

Denver police arrest man in fatal shooting

Some of the Fan Fare buildings at East Third Avenue and Havana Street in Aurora, photographed in December 2012.

Fan Fare site in Aurora will see a big makeover

April 24, 2016 at 7:20 p.m.

Fan Fare site in Aurora will see a big makeover

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Aurora firefighters have highest number of calls in the nation, union says

Aurora Mayor Steve Hogan pushes for new arts, cultural center

Fallen officers from Aurora, statewide, honored in ceremony Tuesday

Ryan Frazier files appeal to make Republican primary for U.S. Senate

Aurora scraps effort to reform as a city and county

Burlington police arrest two men in death of woman

Aurora calls itself “Colorado’s safest large city,” but homicides are up 118 percent.

Overhead wires for light rail installed at Sable and Exposition

Denver police arrest man in fatal shooting

Fan Fare site in Aurora will see a big makeover