SAN ANTONIO — Three people accused of helping three inmates escape the Bexar County Detention Center last week were arrested Thursday.

The three inmates - identified as Luis Arroyo, Eric Trevino and Jacob Brownson - escaped the jail on Friday, March 2, but were caught by police after a tip came in that they were eating at a Sonic restaurant located 10 minutes away from the jail.

Sheriff Javier Salazar said the mother of one of the inmates who escaped and friend of another helped the three men break out.

Fifty-nine-year-old Gabriella De Arroyo and 17-year-old Marcos Maldonado were arrested Thursday and charged with aiding in escape.

Salazar said De Arroyo bought the tools from a hardware store last month. The inmates dropped a fishing line down the side of the building through a small hole they made in the mesh wiring.  

When the tools were delivered, a friend of one of the three inmates tied the tools — and drugs —  to the fishing line and the inmates raised it up and into the jail.

Once the tools were acquired, the three homicide suspects slowly worked to saw through bars and cut through wire.

A few weeks later, they set themselves free. 

The sheriff says all recreational areas are now being inspected.

"One of the things we're doing right now is we're conducting a pretty exhaustive inspection of all of our rec areas. For the most part they're closed and we're opening them up as we're checking them and making sure there's no tampering in those areas,” Salazar said.

A third person - 23-year-old Michelle Ramirez - the getaway driver, also charged for aiding escape. According to affadavits, Ramirez initially protested the idea of picking the escapees up, claiming one of her children was in the escape vehicle. She did so anyway, according to those documents. 

Four other inmates will also face felony charges for their roles in the escape.