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2 inmates escape Jackson County Detention Center
By Click2Houston.com
Published: 07/19/2005

Authorities asked Houstonians to be on the lookout for two inmates who escaped from a Jackson County (Texas) jail, Local 2 reported Tuesday.
Otis Santellana, 32, and Camilo Hernandez Matez, 44, escaped from the Jackson County Detention Center Friday at about 8:30 p.m.
Jackson County authorities believe Beatrice Hernandez, 32, provided Santellana with the gun the inmates used against officers during their escape.
Authorities believe the fugitives could be in a red or maroon Cadillac with Texas license plate number 316-CPH.
Santellana was being held on indictments for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.
Matez had been sentenced to 40 years in prison for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and burglary of a building.
Both men are considered armed and dangerous.
Authorities said Hernandez is known to have contacts in Florida and California.


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