By Jason White, msnbc.com
A double-murderer who had escaped from a Kansas jail along with three other inmates was captured late Thursday, officials tell NBC News.
Santos Carrera-Morales was taken into custody at 11:58 p.m CT Thursday night, according to spokesman Ben Gardner of the Kansas Highway Patrol. Carrera-Morales was covicted of two counts of first-degree murder in 2007 for a double-slaying.
Two other fugitives were taken into custody earlier, and one, Eric James, remains at large.
The inmates, armed with homemade knives, had overpowered guards at the Kansas jail after complaining about a broken water line in the holding cell area, Ottawa County Sheriff Keith Coleman told The Salina Journal. Coleman said the inmates were able to open the cell doors and make their way outside. The guards suffered only minor injuries.
The inmates had been held at the Ottawa County Jail because of state prison overcrowding when they escaped. After the incident, the 18 inmates still held at Ottowa were returned to a state facility in Ellsworth.
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