A woman incarcerated for carjacking was recaptured Tuesday, one day after she walked away from a Los Angeles community reentry program.
Staff members received an alert about 5 a.m. Monday that Daniela Armienta, 29, had removed her GPS device, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Staff then confirmed that she was missing and notified local law enforcement, CDCR officials said.
Personnel from the department’s Correctional Safety Special Services Unit caught up with Armienta at an unspecified location around 9:40 a.m. Tuesday.
“Her case will be referred to the Los Angeles County District Attorney for possible escape charges,” according to CDCR statement.
Armienta was convicted in San Diego County in 2025 and sentenced to six years in prison for carjacking as a second-strike offender.
Her odds of eluding her captors were slim, officials said. Since 1977, the CDCR has apprehended 99% of those who escaped or walked away from an adult institution, camp, in-state contract bed or community rehabilitative program, according to the department.