ROBERT HURST

Lopez somehow freed himself from his restraints, cut through a cage and attacked the driver.

A manhunt was underway on Saturday for an inmate who escaped a prison transport bus and allegedly stabbed a correctional officer on Thursday afternoon in Texas — and authorities are offering a $22,500 reward for any information leading to his capture.

Gonzalo Lopez was being moved for a medical appointment when he was somehow able to get free of his restraints and stab the prison bus driver in the hand, corrections officials said.

The coronavirus pandemic and its impact on the labor market have pushed many prison staffing systems into crisis.

At least 10 people have been arrested. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott says the move is among actions needed to slow the number of border crossings.

Texas is beginning to arrest migrants on trespassing charges along the U.S.-Mexico border as part of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's actions that he says are needed to slow the number of border crossings, jailing at least 10 people so far with more on the way, authorities said Thursday. The arrests put in motion plans that Abbott first announced in June, when he also said that Texas would continue building former President Donald Trump's border wall and called on other governors to deploy law enforcement and National Guard members to the southern border.