Update: Both escaped inmates were captured at around 6:00 p.m. on Saturday evening in the area of Four Mile Creek. 

Two inmates from the Fremont County Detention Center escaped on Saturday, according to a news release from the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office.

The escape occurred at approximately 12:30 p.m., when the two inmates, 25-year-old Rodolfo Varelas and 35-year-old Christopher Dustin James Wallace, climbed over the east fence of the jail.

Varelas is described as a Hispanic male with brown eyes, short brown hair, and a medium-length beard. He is reportedly 5’6″ tall and weighs around 173 pounds. Varelas was serving 8 months in jail on a controlled substance arrest, officials said.

Wallace has been described as a 5’11”, 200-pound white male with a medium build, blue eyes, and short-cropped hair. He also has a brown goatee. Wallace was reportedly being held on a parole revocation.

Both men were assigned to the facility’s kitchen detail, officials said.

If you see either of these men, do not approach them. Instead, the sheriff’s office is asking anyone with information on their whereabouts to call 719-276-5551.

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