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Article: Inmate wanted in United States escapes from jail in Mexico City
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- May 14, 2005
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MORGAN LEE, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
05-14-2005
Dateline: MEXICO CITY
The alleged leader of a Guatemala-based drug trafficking organization sought by U.S. authorities has escaped from a jail in Mexico City, authorities said on Saturday.
Guards noticed Otto Roberto Herrera Garcia was missing from a jail in southern Mexico City on Friday evening, prompting an all-night search of the premises, Mexico City officials said.
Before his arrest in April 2004 at Mexico City's airport, Herrera and his organization allegedly moved tons of cocaine each month from Colombia to the United States through El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico, according to the U.S. State Department.
The disappearance ...