STATE POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR TWO ESCAPED CONVICTS IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. THEY SAY THE TWO MEN … LIONEL CLAH AND JOSEPH CRUZ … ESCAPED FROM A PRISONER TRANSPORT VAN WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN THE ROSWELL AREA. THE VAN WAS HEADED TO LAS CRUCES.
BOTH WERE WEARING WHITE PRISON JUMPSUITS AND SHACKLES. CLAH IS DESCRIBED AS A 5-FOOT-11 NATIVE AMERICAN WITH TATTOOS. HE’S 29 YEAR OLD, HAS BROWN HAIR AND BROWN EYES. CLAH WAS CONVICTED OF ARMED ROBBERY, AMONG OTHER CRIMES.
THE OTHER ESCAPEE, 32 YEAR OLD MURDER CONVICT JOSEPH CRUZ, IS A 5-FOOT-5 INCH LATINO, ALSO WITH TATTOOS.
THE TWO ARE BELIEVED TO BE IN THE ARTESIA AREA.
