Colorado Prison Escapee Caught After Nearly 50 Years on Run

Colorado Prison Escapee Caught After Nearly 50 Years on Run
Prisoners look out of their jail window at the federal detention center in Downtown Miami, Fla., on June 12, 2020. Chandan KhannaH/AFP via Getty Images
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DENVER—A man who escaped from a Colorado prison in 1974 was found living under an alias in a small town in northern New Mexico after the Denver police officer he shot decades ago helped track him down, authorities said.

Luis Archuleta, 77, also known as Larry Pusateri, was arrested Wednesday in Espanola, New Mexico, where he had been living under the name Ramon Montoya for about 40 years, the FBI said in a statement.