Las Vegas police catch inmate who escaped prison while serving life for fatal bombing

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Las Vegas police catch inmate who escaped prison while serving life for fatal bombing

Las Vegas police have apprehended a man who escaped prison earlier this week while serving a life sentence for a deadly 2007 explosion outside a Las Vegas Strip resort. Porfirio Duarte-Herrera, 42, was taken into custody by patrol officers “without incident,” the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said in a tweet at around 10:30 p.m. […]

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