HUTCHINSON, Kan. – A Nickerson man who failed to appear in court following a mistrial in numerous drug 
cases has been captured in Texas.
Armando Corral was arrested in El Paso, Texas, trying to cross the border April 24. He appeared in Reno County District Court Wednesday where his bond was set at $500,000. He had been missing since failing to appear in court in December of 2011.
Corral was on trial for numerous counts of possession of marijuana with intent to sell and using a communication device to make drug transactions. The mistrial occurred after one of the jurors read a newspaper article about the trial, then brought it up in ear shot of other jurors. Corral was captured after making numerous deals with a KBI agent over an extended period of time.
The state says they will seek to take the case to another jury.