Two escapees from a federal prison camp near Florence on Sunday were captured Monday on a railroad property just west of Pueblo West.
Deputies were notified at about 11:25 a.m. Monday of two men seen by a Union Pacific Railroad employee walking east along tracks in the area of Carslile and Hobson roads in western Pueblo County, according to a sheriff’s office news release.
Deputies responded to the area along with Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers to search rugged terrain. Railroad traffic was halted and responders, using four-wheel drive vehicles, searched along tracks for more than a mile when the pair were spotted.
Sheriff's Deputies locate and apprehend two men today who escaped from a Federal Prison in Florence Sunday night. Jonathan Gomez, 22 & Guillermo Montano, 39, were found on railroad tracks west of Pueblo West in rugged terrain. For more click
— PuebloCounty Sheriff (@PuebloCountySO)
Jonathan Gomez, 22, and Guillermo Montano, 39, were taken into custody, without further incident, at about 12:10 p.m. about two miles west of Swallows Road, the news release said.
Both men have been turned over to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
