Overview
- Jorge Campos, 42, was arrested Sunday in Chaparral, New Mexico, after a caller reported seeing him on a bus reportedly heading to Mexico, officials said.
- Deputies took him into custody at an Alta gas station bus stop near the U.S.–Mexico border following widespread media coverage and public alerts.
- Campos had skipped the final day of his Douglas County trial and cut off his GPS ankle monitor, which was later found in a dumpster near his Castle Rock home.
- A jury convicted him on five counts of sexual assault on a child as a pattern of abuse, with the victim testifying during the four-day trial.
- Prosecutors say the abuse occurred when the victim was ages 11 to 13 during 2021–2023, and they plan additional charges over his flight as Colorado prepares to set sentencing after extradition.