The state prison system is asking for the public’s help to find a man who ran off from a prison work camp on San Francisquito Canyon Road north of Saugus, according to a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation release Monday.
Alejandro A. Tobarfuentes, 33, a Chilean national, was reported missing from the camp after it was noticed that he was missing around 10 p.m. Sunday, according to the CDCR.
“Staff immediately initiated an emergency count, confirming Tobarfuentes was not at the camp,” according to the statement. “Within minutes, agents from CDCR’s Office of Correctional Safety were directed to locate and apprehend Tobarfuentes and notification was made to local law enforcement.”
He has not been seen as of this story’s publication.
Tobarfuentes is described as 5 feet, 10 inches tall and weighing 164 pounds. He has brown eyes and black hair, and was last seen wearing gray sweatpants, gray sweatshirt and an orange beanie.
Anyone who sees Tobarfuentes or has knowledge of his whereabouts is asked to call 911, contact the SCV Sheriff’s Station or call Special Agent S. Rojas at 909-727-1947.
“Since 1977, 99% of the incarcerated people who have escaped or walked away from an adult institution, camp, in-state contract bed or Community Rehabilitative Program Placement have been apprehended,” according to the agency’s statement.
Tobarfuentes was received from Orange County on May 14, 2025. He was sentenced to four years, eight months for first-degree burglary and displaying a forged driver’s license or ID.
He was arrested June 8, 2024, after crashing a Mini Cooper head-on into a Toyota Camry while driving northbound in the southbound lanes, after narrowly missing hitting an Orange County sheriff’s deputy who had tried to pull the vehicle over, according to a news release from the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.
District Attorney Todd Spitzer charged Tobarfuentes with one felony count of first-degree burglary, one felony count of possession of a forged identification card and one misdemeanor count of possession of burglary tools.
He presented a Venezuelan ID card to officials who later determined it was fake, according to a statement from Spitzer’s office.
Francisquito Conservation Camp No. 4 is jointly operated by the CDCR and the Los Angeles County Fire Department, according to its website. “Incarcerated crews are utilized on wild land fire suppression as well as county conservation assignments, including maintenance of the California Aqueduct, local parks, and fire stations. Primarily, crews work in Los Angeles County, but may respond throughout the state.”
The camp is located at 35100 San Francisquito Canyon Road.
