Bustos-Diaz apparently fled through a hole in a fence with a fellow inmate, Octavio Ramos-Lopez.
Ramos-Lopez, who was convicted in Hidalgo County, was serving 20 years for two counts of aggravated kidnapping and 12 years for possession of cocaine and possession with intent to deliver cocaine.
An arrest warrant was issued for both men, and local authorities contacted the U.S. Marshals Lone Star Fugitive Task Force to assist with the manhunt.
The fugitive investigation into the whereabouts of the escapees led authorities to a residence in Reynosa, Mexico, where Ramos-Lopez was arrested and returned to the U.S. with the assistance of Mexican authorities.