Noel Orlando Bustamante Martínez recaptured after escape from Mexicali prison

Noel Orlando Bustamante Martínez escaped from the Centro de Reinserción Social (CERESO) in Mexicali on the night of 5 August after his initial hearing for a qualified robbery of a closed commercial premises. He fled the facility by jumping a fence while still wearing his orange uniform.

A coordinated search involving the state security force and municipal police continued through the night, and at about 04:00 on 6 August he was located in the Pasadina neighborhood and taken into custody. He was returned to the CERESO without further incident and now faces additional charges for the escape. Authorities confirmed that only one inmate escaped, correcting earlier reports of a second fugitive.