Officials say body of escaped federal inmate from El Paso jail found at New Mexico landfill
By APSaturday, July 10, 2010
Body of escaped Texas inmate found in NM landfill
EL PASO, Texas — Texas authorities say the body of a federal inmate who escaped from jail in El Paso was found at a landfill eight miles away in New Mexico.
El Paso County deputy Jesse Tovar said the body of 30-year-old Carlos Roberto Medina-Bailon was found Friday in a landfill in Sunland Park, N.M., that the jail’s trash company uses.
Medina-Bailon was still wearing a dark blue jail jumpsuit and knee-high rubber boots when the jail trash collector discovered his body.
Medina-Bailon had escaped from the downtown El Paso jail early Friday. Officials say he may have slipped out by hiding in a large trash container.
Medina-Bailon had been jailed since June 6 on federal charges of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute narcotics.
