Federal inmate escapes Tucson prison

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KOLD News 13 reports that a federal inmate escaped from a minimum-security satellite camp at the federal prison in Tucson, Arizona, on Wednesday, September 2. The U.S. Marshals Service identified the man as 46-year-old James Casady Cangro and said prison guards noticed he was missing at about 8:10 a.m. The ensuing manhunt prompted a lockdown at a nearby state prison, while the Pima County Sheriff’s Department said it was aware of the escape but had not been asked by federal authorities to assist.

According to the report, Cangro is approximately 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighs about 200 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. Authorities said he may be wearing a white tank top and gray pants, and described several tattoos, including markings above his right eye, on his body and on his stomach. KOLD News 13 reports that the U.S. Department of Justice said Cangro was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison last year.

The DOJ also said Cangro had been accused of distributing fentanyl, methamphetamine and firearms in New Mexico. The agency said he had ties to the Sinaloa Cartel and the Soldiers of Aryan Culture prison gang; those affiliations are presented here as an attributed government claim, not an independent finding by this report. The U.S. Marshals Service asked anyone with information about his whereabouts to call 202-307-9100.