SAN FRANCISCO (AP) —
Authorities were on the hunt Saturday for five men who escaped from a central
California jail.
The men broke out of the
Madera County lockup late Friday night, sheriff's spokeswoman Erica Stuart
said. The inmates were gone for about an hour before corrections officers discovered
they were missing around 9:15 p.m., she said.
Authorities from across the
state were looking for Juan Lopez, 33, Jorge Lopez-Diaz, 26, Abel Ramos, 25,
Ricardo Cendejas, 19, all of Madera and Roel Soliz, 29, of Chowchilla.
The men were being held in
custody on various charges including attempted murder and armed robbery, Stuart
said. It's unclear how they escaped, she added.
"We don't know how they
got away, all we know is that they took off on foot," Stuart said.
"We're looking for them. They should all be considered armed and very
dangerous."
The men were last seen wearing
either orange jumpsuits or white T- shirts with blue shorts and orange
jail-issued sandals. It is not clear whether they knew or were associated with
each other prior to their arrests, Stuart said.
The jail is operated by the
Madera County Department of Corrections, Stuart said.
The corrections department was
not immediately available for comment.
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