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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
 
The Lone Star Fugitive Task Force Announces the Arrest of Fugitive Charged With Escape From the Gillespie County Jail
 
The Lone Star Fugitive Task Force LogoAustin - 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.”