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| 13 Inmates Escape From Mexican Jail |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 06/25/2001 |
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Authorities searched Thursday for 13 inmates who dug a 50-foot-long tunnel and escaped from jail near the U.S. border, officials said Thursday. The inmates in the central jail in Mexicali, a border city about 120 miles east of San Diego, crawled to freedom Tuesday. Jail authorities discovered the escape about 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. "Unfortunately, custodians were defeated in strategy and intelligence by inmates,'' Corrections Department Director Adan Mendez Castro said in a news release. Ten of the fugitives had been serving time for drug smuggling, assault or car theft. Two were involved in homicides and one was a convicted kidnapper. Witnesses reportedly saw the fugitives climb into a green van and leave the area. The van was later found near a motel on a federal highway close to the Mexicali airport. |
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