Crime & Safety
Inmate Convicted In Deadly Las Vegas Bombing Escapes Prison
Porfirio Duarte-Herrera, who was convicted of a deadly bombing on the Las Vegas strip in 2007, is now missing.
LAS VEGAS, NV—An inmate serving a life sentence for a deadly Las Vegas bombing escaped Tuesday from a Nevada prison after more than a decade behind bars, according to an official Facebook post by the Nevada Department of Corrections.
Prison guards at Southern Desert Correctional Center in Indian Springs first noticed that Porfirio Duarte-Herrera was missing as staff carried out their 7 a.m. scheduled count, the agency said. The facility is located about 35 miles northwest of Las Vegas.
According to the department, search teams began "escape procedures" at around 8 a.m. The inmate remained missing as of Wednesday afternoon.
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Duarte-Herrera, 42, was sentenced to life behind bars after being convicted in a deadly 2007 explosion outside a Las Vegas Strip resort, according to CBS News. He had been incarcerated since 2010.
Duarte-Herrera is 5-foot-4, weighs 135 pounds and has brown eyes and brown hair. He has no known tattoos, the department of corrections said.
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Anyone who may have information related to Duarte-Herrera is urged to call 911 immediately.
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