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Escaped Texas Prisoner Caught After 16 Years on the Run

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(KCEN) -- After 16 years on the run, an escaped Texas prisoner is now back in police custody.

Juan Salaz, 37, escaped from a Beeville prison in 1997.

He was serving a 35-year sentence for two counts of attempted capital murder of a police officer and kidnapping.

But last Wednesday he was found by police in Mexico and arrested.

Now in addition to his 35-year sentence, Salaz faces a felony escape charge.

He'll be transferred back to the U.S. once his extradition is approved by the Mexican government.

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