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Hostage Leaps To Safety As Escapeer Flees Prison
Henry Escamilla, 40, one of four inmates held captive for nearly five days, escaped by leaping through a glass door in the education building of the Texas State Prison in Huntsville. He suffered severe cuts and was hospitalized semiconscious. Ringleader Jed Gomez Carrasco and two others remained in a standoff as negotiators weighed possible terms of release.
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Huntsville
Tex
Henry Escamilla
Texas
Escamilla
Ron Taylor
Texas Department of Corrections
Jed Gomez Carrasco