HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) _ A reward for information leading to the capture of two Texas prison escapees has been doubled to $10,000.
Texas Department of Criminal Justice officials said Thursday that the crime tip organization Crime Stoppers has added $5,000 to the reward in the hunt for Jose Bustos-Diaz and Octavio Ramos Lopez. The pair last week fled from the Briscoe Unit outside Dilley in Frio County, southwest of San Antonio, by cutting through a fence.
Lopez, 27, was serving 20 years for two counts of aggravated kidnapping and 12 years for drug possession convictions in Hidalgo County. Bustos-Diaz, 21, was serving 35 years for a Harris County murder.
Authorities are investigating whether the two fugitives had outside help and believe they may have escaped to Mexico.