The reward increased for the conquest of inmates of New Orleans in New Orleans

New Orleans, La. (AP) – Officials on Sunday increased the reward for the capture of seven inmates that had escaped from a New Orleans prison by fled through a hole behind a toilet.

At a Sunday press conference, the FBI special agent Jonathan Trapp said that seven of the 10 men are still at large and that the FBI offers 10,000 US dollars per inmate instead of the 5,000 US dollars previously announced. He said he believed that members of the public could help men.

The men are at the age of 19 to 42 and are exposed to a variety of charges, including serious bodily harm, battery for domestic abuse and murder.

The announcement came when at least a dozen law enforcement authorities entered the search on the third day. The FBI reward is an additional 5,000 US dollars offered by the office for alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives and 2,000 US dollars from crimestopper.

A spokesman for the Louisiana State Police said that for security reasons, the agency could not submit any details about the scope and goal of the examination. The spokesman added that a MultiAgency -Sksk Force searched the region for the remaining refugees.

In a separate declaration, the Attorney General of Louisiana, Liz Murrill, said on Sunday that the priority of her office continues to recover the prisoners, protects the public, secure and stabilize the staff of the facility and building. “

At least one of the escaped occupants was recorded on the social media platform X based on a tip based on a tip from the public.

The Superintendent of the New Orleans police, Anne Kirkpatrick, warned that the refugees were dangerous in a press conference on Friday evening, but also “not panicked” the public.

Susan Hutson, Sheriff of the municipality of Orleans, said the men could get out of the Orleans Justice Center because of “defective locks”. Hutson said that she continuously expressed concerns about the castles of civil servants and campaigned for the money to remedy the old infrastructure.

“This massive break could be the biggest break in the history of the state and it should never have happened. The public deserves to know how it happened,” said governor Jeff Landry at the press conference on Sunday.

Landry called for an examination of the prison by the Department of Corrections and hopes that this will be done by the end of the week. He said that everyone in the system had to be held to be held to be held accountable for the police who apparently do their job “.

The superintendent of Louisiana State Police, Colonel Robert Hodges, said the authorities in the neighboring countries were notified, but civil servants do not believe that the men have left the state. The leads for the men have not broadcast, he said.

Landry declined to comment on whether the flight was an insider job and how the escape happened.