Multitude of security lapses created the conditions that led to the May escape of a Texas inmate, resulting in the deaths of five people, according to two reviews of the incident.
FILE - This undated photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Gonzalo Lopez. Two reviews of the May escape of Lopez, a Texas inmate that resulted in the deaths of five people found a multitude of security lapses, including inadequate strip searches and poorly applied restraints, helped lead to his getaway. The reviews were released Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022.
Both reports found correctional officers who worked at the Hughes Unit, where Lopez was housed, and who were with him on the bus had violated procedures by not properly strip searching him and not ensuring that his handcuffs were secured and free from being tampered with. In its internal review, TDCJ uncovered several errors. Correctional officers failed to use on Lopez a device known as the Body Orifice Security Scanner, or “BOSS chair,” which is designed to quickly detect metallic contraband within body cavities of inmates. Leg restraints were improperly placed on Lopez, leaving them loose.
On the bus, Lopez, who had killed on behalf of Mexican drug cartels, tried to recruit some of the other 15 prisoners on board to join him, asking them if they were, “ready to rock and roll,” according to the reports by TDCJ and CGL Companies, the outside reviewer.
The conclusions by the two reviews are similar to many of the findings found in an investigation published earlier this week by the Houston Chronicle and The Marshall Project. The joint investigation also found that the first police officer who arrived after the bus crash didn’t chase or try to shoot Lopez as he fled and despite finding signs that Lopez was hiding out in the Centerville area, authorities failed to warn residents that Lopez could still be in the area.
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