THE SEARCH FOR NEW MEXICO PRISON ESCAPEES JOSEPH CRUZ AND LIONEL CLAH CONTINUES. THE TWO GOT AWAY FROM A PRISONER TRANSPORT VAN WEDNESDAY NIGHT, STILL WEARING THEIR WHITE JUMP SUITS AND SHACKLES. BY THE TIME THEY REACHED ALBUQUERQUE THURSDAY AFTERNOON, THEY’D GOTTEN RID OF THE JUMP SUITS AND THE SHACKLES AND WERE IN STREET CLOTHES.
THE PAIR WAS FIRST SPOTTED IN ALBUQUERQUE NEAR GIBSON AND YALE ON SURVEILLANCE VIDEO, THEN ON COORS ON THE WEST SIDE. APD SET UP A PERIMETER IN THE COORS AND SEQUOIA AREA AND TOLD RESIDENTS TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES.
POLICE CAME UP EMPTY-HANDED AFTER SEVEN HOURS AND THE SEARCH WAS CALLED OFF EARLY FRIDAY.
THE 32 YEAR OLD CRUZ AND 29 YEAR OLD CLAH HAVE NUMEROUS TATTOOS AND ARE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
