{"id":401836,"date":"2026-07-17T05:02:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T05:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/401836\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T05:02:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T05:02:32","slug":"escaped-northern-california-inmate-captured-in-mexico-is-at-large-again-cdcr-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/401836\/","title":{"rendered":"Escaped Northern California inmate captured in Mexico is at large again, CDCR says"},"content":{"rendered":"

An inmate who escaped a Nevada County work camp on the Fourth of July, was recaptured by authorities in Mexico two days later, and then released by a Mexican magistrate is at large again, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials announced Thursday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Miguel Banuelos, 49, walked away from Washington Ridge Conservation Camp<\/a> in Nevada County on July 4. Correctional staff discovered he was missing during a 2 p.m. headcount after he was last seen about 12:35 p.m. Authorities apprehended Banuelos without incident at a residence<\/a> in Tijuana, Mexico, on July 6 while correctional staff and local law enforcement were searching for him, according to CDCR.<\/p>\n

At the time, CDCR said Banuelos was expected to appear before an immigration judge, be processed through a port of entry and returned to a CDCR institution. Instead, a Mexican magistrate released Banuelos on July 10. He remained at large Thursday, and authorities issued a warrant for his arrest.<\/p>\n

Banuelos was serving a seven-year prison sentence for transportation or sale of a controlled substance and possession of heroin or cocaine exceeding four kilograms. He was originally scheduled to be released on April 20, 2028, a CDCR spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

According to CDCR, since 1977, nearly all people who escaped or walked away from an adult institution, in-state contract bed, camp or community-based program placement have been recaptured.<\/p>\n

About 1% of escapees remain at large, according to CDCR. They include Juan David Veramancini<\/a>, 49, who walked away from Growlersburg Conservation Camp near Georgetown in El Dorado County on Feb. 23 and has not been located.<\/p>\n

CDCR officials asked anyone with information about Banuelos’ whereabouts to contact the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office or Office of Correctional Services Special Agent Tim Keeney at 916-210-9159.<\/p>\n

Banuelos has brown eyes and black hair. He is 5-foot-7 inches and 189 pounds, authorities said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An inmate who escaped a Nevada County work camp on the Fourth of July, was recaptured by authorities…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401837,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[161243,7,5607,9,8,26186,161242,2457,27047,4931],"class_list":["post-401836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-banuelos","tag-california","tag-california-department-of-corrections-and-rehabilitation","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-cdcr","tag-correctional-staff","tag-mexico","tag-nevada-county","tag-tijuana"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}