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Authorities: 2 murder suspects escape from California jail

Authorities: 2 murder suspects escape from California jail
Posted at 12:39 PM, Nov 03, 2019
and last updated 2019-11-03 15:39:33-05

MONTEREY, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say two murder suspects have escaped from central California's Monterey County Jail.

The county sheriff's office says in a tweet that the inmates escaped Sunday morning.

The tweet says Santos Fonseca and Jonathan Salazar were in custody on suspicion of murder and other violent charges.

A call seeking additional details from sheriff's officials wasn't immediately returned.

Monterey is a city of about 28,000 people on California's central coast, 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of San Francisco.