Escape Tunnel Found at New Mexico Prison
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SANTA FE, N. M. — Prison guards found a tunnel dug by hand and equipped with electric lights after discovering evidence of an escape plot.
The tunnel, found Friday under the Penitentiary of New Mexico, begins in a crawl space under the building, drops 12 feet, then extends 25 feet toward a prison wall, a Corrections Department spokesman said.
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