Las Vegas Sun

April 24, 2024

Authorities stop motorists on U.S. 285 between Roswell and Artesia, N.M., as part of the hunt for the two missing inmates Thursday, March 10, 2016. Authorities were searching Thursday for two violent convicts who escaped from a prisoner transport van and likely got a head start of several hours in a remote area of New Mexico before guards realized they were gone.

Teresa Lemon / Artesia Daily Press via AP

Authorities stop motorists on U.S. 285 between Roswell and Artesia, N.M., as part of the hunt for the two missing inmates Thursday, March 10, 2016. Authorities were searching Thursday for two violent convicts who escaped from a prisoner transport van and likely got a head start of several hours in a remote area of New Mexico before guards realized they were gone.