2 Kentucky Prison Escapees Captured in Mexico
Associated Press
EL PASO —
The two remaining Kentucky State Penitentiary escapees were apprehended at a hotel in Juarez, Mexico, on Sunday, the FBI said. James Blanton, 29, convicted of murder, and Derek Quintero, 26, convicted of robbery and kidnaping, were arrested without incident by heavily armed Mexican police, an FBI agent said. They were among eight prisoners who escaped June 16.
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