Leon County, TX

As the search continues for a state prison escapee in Leon County, the state prison system (TDCJ) has suspended visitation at 43 units until further notice. Social media from the department of criminal justice told those planning visits to contact the specific unit prior to traveling. TDCJ has also announced...

HOUSTON COUNTY, Texas (KTRE) - Convicted killer Gonzalo Lopez, 46, is still on the run after he crashed a prison bus off State Highway 7 in Centerville and escaped Thursday. The reward for information leading to his capture has been increased to $50,000. Houston County Sheriff Randy Hargrove said in...

CENTERVILLE, Texas (KBTX) - The search for a missing inmate in Leon County has yielded no results over the weekend, but officials are ramping up efforts to find him. “Today we have got numerous teams on horseback and well as canine patrols that are sweeping the area that we suspect he is still in,” said Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Robert Hurst.

HOUSTON — The largest manhunt in recent Texas Department of Criminal Justice history was still going on in East Texas on Sunday. A TDCJ spokesperson said the search for Gonzalo Lopez is the largest concentrated manhunt since 2004 or 2005. The escape. Lopez, 46, stabbed a guard in the...

CENTERVILLE, Texas (KBTX) - The search continues for convicted killer Gonzalo Lopez. Officials say the 46-year-old has been on the run for about 48 hours. Lopez is serving a life sentence for capital murder out of Hidalgo County and attempted capital murder out of Webb County. Dog teams have been...

Lopez, affiliated with the Mexican Mafia, was serving a life sentence for capital murder out of Hildalgo County and attempted murder out of Webb County.

LEON COUNTY, TX (FOX 44) – The reward for information leading to the capture of escapee Gonzalo Lopez has been raised to $50,000. On May 12, the 46-year-old inmate who was serving a life sentence for capital murder and attempted capital murder assaulted a correctional officer on a transport bus and then fled from the vehicle.

LEON COUNTY, Texas - The search continues for an inmate who assaulted a bus driver and escaped while on the way to a medical appointment in Leon County on Thursday. Video shows Texas authorities using horse and canine teams on Sunday, May 15. Authorities are offering a reward of $50,000...

CENTERVILLE, Texas (KTRK) -- The reward for information leading to the capture of escapee Gonzalo Lopez has been raised to $50,000. Corrections officials say the convicted murderer managed to escape his cell, steal a transport bus with inmates on board, and then crash it before getting away on foot on May 12.

Law enforcement officials took to horseback on Sunday in the search for 46-year-old Gonzalo Lopez, a convicted murderer who escaped from a prison transport bus on Thursday after stabbing the driver and fleeing on foot. Lopez escaped in Leon County, a rural area in between Dallas and Houston that has...

CENTERVILLE, Texas - The search continues for a convicted murderer in Texas. New video surfaces of law enforcement on horseback in Leon County between Dallas and Houston as they search for Gonzalo Lopez. The 46-year-old inmate has been on the run since Thursday when he escaped from a transport bus...