Staff
-Eagle Pass
24 year-old Gustavo Rodriguez Costilla, one of 132 prisoners who escaped from the CERESO in Piedras Negras on September 17, 2012, was apprehended by US Marshals on Friday and is currently being detained at a federal detention center.
The prisoner, who may have ties to the Zeta drug cartel in Mexico, was initially arrested on weapons charges before his eventual escape from the state prison late last year.
It was speculated that the cartel may have orchestrated the escape in order to free members who were being held in the facility in the midst of an all out war between the government and the cartel which turned extremely violent in clashes on the city's streets in November and early December.
According to reports, the escapee was found in a local residence and may have been hiding in a closet deep within the residence.
The prisoner remains a US Marshal prisoner being held until further notice and the case remains under investigation.