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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: |
August 02, 2008 |
Austin - Hector Gomez (512) 461-7326; or
San Antonio - Tom Smith
(210) 722-0796 |
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The Lone Star Fugitive Task Force Announces the Arrest of Fugitive
Charged With Escape From the Gillespie County Jail |
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Austin
- San Antonio, TX – The United States Marshals Service
sponsored Lone Star Fugitive Task Force (LSFTF) announces the arrest of
Federal Escapee Jose Guerra.
On Saturday morning at approximately 5:00 a.m. Jose Guerra was arrested by
Customs and Border Protection Officers at the Laredo Port of Entry as he
attempted to come back in to Texas from Mexico. Border officials had been on
alert for Guerra after it was learned he had fled to Mexico and U.S.
Marshals had obtained a warrant for his arrest.
This case first came to light after Guerra made a bold escape that was
captured on a jail video camera from the Gillespie County Jail on July 3,
2008. Guerra had been placed in a restraining chair from which he managed to
escape and flee the facility. An all out manhunt ensued which included U.S.
Marshals Offices in Austin, San Antonio, Del Rio and Laredo.
The United States Marshal for the Western District of Texas LaFayette
Collins said “Jose Guerra has learned what many others before him have, we
never give up, we never stop looking and you will be captured.” |
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