BEAUMONT – Two more years in jail have been added to a drug trafficker’s sentence following his failed 2019 prison break.

Victor Luis Pescador, 57, of Laredo, pleaded guilty on Nov. 21 to escape and was sentenced this week to 24 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Marcia Crone.

The sentence is added to the remainder of the federal sentence Pescador was serving as a result of his 2007 conviction on federal drug trafficking charges.

According to information presented in court, Pescador and another inmate were discovered July 12 missing from the Bureau of Prison Camp Facility in west Jefferson County.

Pescador was subsequently arrested near Roma on Aug. 29.

“This is one of several inmates who have walked away in recent months from the prison camp, which is a minimum security facility for low risk inmates, usually serving the final portion of their sentences,” U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown said. “Regardless of the circumstances, they escaped from a prison facility, and anyone who does so will be prosecuted, along with anyone on the outside who helps the escape.”

Pescador was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison in 2007 for possession with intent to distribute more 1,000 pounds of marijuana in the Southern District of Texas.

This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the United States Marshals Service and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Batte.