RICHMOND, Va. -- One of the inmates who escaped from Piedmont Regional Jail in Farmville, Virginia this week was arrested today in Mexico.
Alder Marin-Sotelo, 26, was taken into custody by Mexican authorities, the FBI shared Thursday.
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"Additional information will be released as it becomes available and is appropriate," an FBI spokesperson said.
Marin-Sotelo, who is charged in the 2022 killing of a North Carolina sheriff’s deputy, escaped around 1 a.m. on Sunday, FBI officials said.
He left the jail in a red or burgundy Ford Mustang, the FBI said, and was gone for more than 24 hours before guards noticed he was missing, jail officials confirmed.
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Another escapee, Bruce Callahan, 44, had been held at the jail on drug charges, the sheriff’s office said.
Callahan remained on the run.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
