Overview

• Governor Alfonso Durazo confirmed the escape and said security forces and the state prosecutor’s office are close to reapprehending the inmate.
• Military personnel, ministerial agents and police from all three levels of government mobilized at the south Hermosillo facility on Monday afternoon.
• Authorities have not disclosed the fugitive’s identity or how the breakout occurred.
• Initial reports indicate the absence was detected during roll call, a process a local civic security spokesperson criticizes as outdated and lacking biometric controls.
• This is the prison’s second escape in 2025, following the May 6 flight of “El Ponchis,” after which six people were detained, including five penitentiary employees and an alleged identity imposter.