Law officers search for two federal inmates

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By Associated Press

Published: 09/12/2003

Law officers continued searching yesterday for two federal inmates who escaped from a South
Texas lockup.
The prisoners, both Mexican nationals, were reported missing late Monday morning from the Frio
County Detention Center. Jorge Perez Delgado, 45, and 29-year-old Oscar Herrada Herrera were
held on federal drug charges out of Laredo, said David Sligh, supervisory deputy U.S. marshal
for the Western District of Texas.
Wanted posters for the men were released late Tuesday afternoon. Authorities suspect at least
one of the inmates may be headed for Mexico.
The U.S. Marshals Service said no one was harmed during the escape and there were no signs of
a forced exit. The inmates were last accounted for inside the jail at 9 a.m. Monday, but were
missing when the next count was conducted two hours later, Sligh said.
He said investigators who followed up on 'some good leads' Tuesday believed Herrada could be
headed to Mexico because his last known address was in Nuevo Laredo.
Herrada, serving a 37-month sentence on a probation violation, was originally convicted of
heroin possession.
Perez, whose last known address was in Chicago, was awaiting sentencing on possession with
intent to distribute cocaine and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine.
Frio County Sheriff Lionel Trevino referred questions about the escape from the privately run
detention center to the Marshals Service, which was leading the investigation.
Florida-based Correctional Services Corp. operates the 391-bed detention center that houses
city, county and federal inmates.

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