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Prisoner captured after brief escape in western New Mexico

<i>Gallup Police/KOAT via CNN Newsource</i><br/>Inmate Johnathan Natanabah was returned to custody by police after escaping a jail in western New Mexico. It happened around 12:35 p.m. on November 20.
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Gallup Police/KOAT via CNN Newsource
Inmate Johnathan Natanabah was returned to custody by police after escaping a jail in western New Mexico. It happened around 12:35 p.m. on November 20.

By Nick Catlin

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    GALLUP, New Mexico (KOAT) — An inmate was returned to custody by police after escaping a jail in western New Mexico. It happened around 12:35 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20.

A Gallup police officer found a man in an orange jumpsuit leaving the McKinley County Adult Detention Center. This led to a pursuit, where inmate Johnathan Natanabah was rearrested, according to police.

Natanabah was taken into custody around 1 p.m. Wednesday. He will face an escape from jail charge.

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