COSTELLO: The reward for the capture of three violent fugitives in Southern California has been quadrupled to $200,000. Two of the men are linked to a Vietnamese gang. The third man, possibly the mastermind of the escape, is charged with an exceptionally brutal crime in 2012. Police say all of these men are extremely dangerous. Paul Vercammen is live in Santa Ana, California, with more. Good morning.</s>PAUL VERCAMMEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Carol. What they talk about here at this jail now is this timeline. They had a check, ahead check as they call it, in the morning last Friday right after 5:00 a.m. It's still dark here in California. That's when they believe they escaped. Then they don't check again until 8:00 p.m. on Friday. There's also a fight, which is used as a diversion, even delaying that check. That certainly would have given these inmates plenty of time to have gone and tried to make a run to cross the border in Mexico. Let's look at them real quick. Among them, Tieu, the youngest, 20 years old, suspected of murder. Duong, another one, attempted murder. And the inmate that a lot of focus is on right now is Nayeri. This torturer and suspected kidnapper with unmentionable crimes that included rubber hoses and using a blow torch to torture a man, among other things, he in the past has successfully fled the United States and crossed the border, went all the way to Iran. So they are now looking at him as potentially someone who would be well within his means of masterminding an escape overseas. Back to you now, Carol.</s>COSTELLO: All right, Paul Vercammen reporting live from California this morning. The next hour of CNN NEWSROOM after a break.
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