UNDATED (WTAQ) – Forty-eight hours after his latest escape, authorities in Costa Rica say John Saatio has been captured.
Acting Immigration Administration Director Gladys Jiménez told The Tico Times Saatio was found in Los Guido, Desamparados, a canton directly south of San José.
A fugitive from Michigan who earlier this month was captured in Costa Rica had managed to escape police custody again.
WLUC-TV reported 34-year-old John Saatio escaped an immigration detention center in Hatillo on June 19. Saatio was being held there for nearly 3 weeks awaiting his deportation to Michigan.
Saatio was taken into custody on June 2 in Costa Rica after his escape last year from the Houghton County Jail in Upper Michigan.
Saatio was spotted in Green Bay the next day, and Brown County sheriff’s officials also investigated a report that he had been seen in the Flintville area of Suamico on June 23.
He was facing a 25-year sentence for multiple charges, including home invasion and destruction of police property.
