Police Off The Cuff

Texas inmate escapes ties to Mexican Mafia. #GonzaloLopez #MexicanMafia #Texasinmate #Marshalls — On the heels of an 11-day statewide manhunt in Alabama that ended with a car chase, crash and the death of a female corrections officer, another manhunt is underway for a dangerous escaped inmate — this time in Texas. Investigators are searching for Gonzalo Lopez. The Texas Department of Public Safety identified Lopez as an affiliate of the Mexican Mafia, a violent gang often in control of other gangs to the point of “taxing” them for being on their territory. THE ESCAPE According to the Texas Department of Justice, Lopez made his escape Thursday while on his way from Gatesville, Texas, to a medical appointment in Huntsville, Texas. Somehow as the prison bus was traveling along State Highway 7 in Leon County, officials say Lopez got out of his handcuffs and shackles and went for the driver’s area of the prison bus. The driver of the bus put up a fight. But officials say Lopez stabbed the officer in the