The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office said nearly two weeks elapsed between the time it unknowingly released a man accused of murder and when that suspect was taken back into custody.

Angel David Salas, 18, was re-arrested on Tuesday during a traffic stop. Salas was released due to jail booking staff not having the “system permissions” to view active juvenile warrants, the sheriff’s office said.

In a statement, BCSO said on Wednesday that Salas was released from the Bexar County Adult Detention Center on Nov. 19, despite having active murder and aggravated robbery warrants.

The statement said that an internal review revealed that jail staff did not have access to Salas’ juvenile records at the time of his release, since “juvenile information is maintained on a separate, restricted database

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