Escaped inmate from the Valley added to Texas 10 most wanted fugitives list

The search continues for an escaped inmate from the Rio Grande Valley. 

On Saturday, authorities raised the reward for Gonzalo Lopez’s seize up to $50,000.

Lopez has additionally been added to the Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list. 

Authorities say Lopez stabbed a jail guard and hijacked a bus on Thursday in Centerville.

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He was with 15 inmates on their method to get medical remedy in Huntsville. The different inmates did not escape.

The jail guard that obtained stabbed by Lopez is anticipated to be okay.

Lopez was convicted of killing a Weslaco man in 2005.

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Authorities say Lopez has ties to the Mexican Mafia and is taken into account armed and harmful. 

Anyone with information on Lopez’s whereabouts is urged to name 911 or TDCJ OIG Crime Stoppers at 1-800-832-8477 or 936-437-5171.