CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Gulf Coast Violent Offenders and Fugitive Task Force, in conjunction with along with Jim Wells County deputies, re-arrested escaped convict Juan Gabriel Ybanez on Tuesday morning.
The man hunt began at approximately 9:44 a.m. on Sunday, when Ybanez escaped from the Jim Wells County jail by climbing over a razor-wired fence.
U.S. Marshal Service, Texas DPS, Alice PD and Premont Police joined in the manhunt efforts.
Monday night, officials told 3NEWS he was last seen running in a t-shirt and shorts and barefoot.
"Don't cover up for him, if you are harboring him, I will get a warrant and arrest you," said Jim Wells County Sheriff Daniel Bueno.
Authorities were proven correct when they said they believed he was still in the area.
He was arrested in the 500 block of County Road 467 in the Green Acres area of Alice.
"Absolutely, we still believe he is here and we are seeking the community's help, whether they see him or think someone looks like him, go ahead and call it into 911," said Deputy Joshua Warvel with the U.S. Marshals Service.
The U.S. Marshals Service put out a wanted poster Monday for Ybanez offering a $5,000 dollar reward for information that leads to his capture.
This adds one more warrant to the inmate's already lengthy criminal history that includes assault causing bodily injury to family, criminal trespass, harassment, drugs, carrying unlawful weapon, and most recently escape.