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| TX six still at large |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 09/21/2006 |
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LA VILLA, TX - Investigators questioned relatives of six escapees from a South Texas jail and trolled the fugitives' known hangouts as the hunt for the men stretched into a third day Thursday. Investigators said they were working nonstop to find five alleged members of a violent drug gang and a former police officer about to face trial on drug charges. All escaped from a privately run federal jail near the Mexican border late Tuesday. The men overpowered a guard and cut through several fences to escape, officials said. The fugitive group was thought to have split up but the men probably remained in South Texas, said Deputy Joe Magallan of the U.S. Marshals Service. More than 60 local and federal law enforcement officers using helicopters and bloodhounds searched Wednesday near the East Hidalgo Detention Center, about 20 miles north of the border. A four square mile security perimeter was set up around the area during the initial investigation but was later lifted. Officers searched door to door Wednesday, residents were asked to stay home with their doors locked, La Villa schools were searched by the sheriff's department and closed for the day, and a highway near the detention center was shut down. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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