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U.S. Marshals looking for inmates who escaped from Big Spring Prison

U.S. Marshals along with other agencies are looking for two inmates that escaped from the Satellite Prison Camp in Big Spring.
(Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
Gustavo Adolfo Leon (Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
Hector Hernan Lerma (Source: U.S. Department of Justice)

BIG SPRING, TX (KWES) - U.S. Marshals along with other agencies are looking for two inmates that escaped from the Satellite Prison Camp in Big Spring.

Gustavo Adolfo Leon, 33, and Hector Hernan Lerma, 43, were discovered missing from the Federal Correctional Institution on Sunday, just after 4 p.m.

Leon is a Hispanic man with brown eyes, weighs about 192 pounds and is 5' 11" tall.  He was sentenced for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 1000 kilos or more of marijuana.

Lerma is a Hispanic man with black hair, brown eyes, weighs about 250 pounds and is about 6' tall. He was sentenced for conspiracy to import marijuana, less than 1000 kilos.

Anyone with information is asked to call U.S. Marshals at (325) 672-2147.

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