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Convicted killer still on the lam

As this story is being written, Tuesday, May 24, it’s been 12 days since convicted killer Gonzalo Lopez escaped from a state prison bus in Leon County, which lies about halfway between Houston and Dallas. The Hidalgo County native and former resident hasn’t been seen since, even though more than 300 members of law enforcement, bloodhounds, helicopters, you name it, have been searching for him high and low.Saturday, a spokesman with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said that authorities will now turn Lopez’s capture into a statewide event as opposed to leaving it centered in Leon County.A former prison ...

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