7 8 - foot ▁tunnel ▁they ▁had ▁pain st aking ly ▁d ug ▁and ▁fled ▁into ▁the ▁desert . ▁ ▁Several ▁hundred ▁soldiers , ▁F BI ▁agents , ▁and ▁Pap ago ▁Indian ▁sc outs ▁were ▁mobil ized ▁to ▁search ▁for ▁the ▁Germ ans ▁and ▁all ▁of ▁them ▁were ▁eventually ▁caught ▁over ▁the ▁next ▁few ▁weeks ▁without ▁a ▁single ▁shot ▁fired . ▁Most ▁knew ▁they ▁had ▁very ▁little ▁chance ▁of ▁getting ▁back ▁to ▁Germany ▁and ▁were ▁found ▁in ▁Mar ic op a ▁County , ▁however , ▁a ▁few ▁did ▁attempt ▁to ▁make ▁the ▁journey ▁to ▁Mexico . ▁On ▁January ▁ 1 , ▁ 1 9 4 5 , ▁two ▁un named ▁prisoners ▁were ▁captured ▁by ▁Pap ag os ▁less ▁than ▁thirty ▁miles ▁from ▁the ▁border . ▁So on ▁after , ▁Captain ▁Lie uten ants ▁Friedrich ▁G ug gen berger ▁and ▁J ürgen ▁Qu a et - F as lem ▁were ▁captured ▁within ▁ten ▁miles . ▁One ▁group ▁of ▁three ▁men ▁even ▁built ▁a ▁col laps ible ▁boat ▁to ▁sail ▁down ▁the ▁G ila ▁River , ▁but , ▁to ▁their ▁disappoint ment , ▁they ▁found ▁the ▁river ▁mostly ▁dry ▁and ▁ended ▁up ▁leaving ▁the ▁boat ▁behind . ▁ ▁The ▁final ▁hold out ▁was ▁Captain ▁J ürgen ▁W atten berg , ▁who ▁was ▁captured ▁over ▁a ▁month ▁after ▁the ▁escape . ▁Instead ▁of ▁heading ▁south , ▁W atten berg ▁and ▁two ▁of ▁his ▁sub ordinates , ▁Walter ▁K oz ur ▁and ▁Johann ▁Kre mer , ▁made ▁shelter ▁out ▁of ▁a ▁cave ▁in ▁the ▁mountains ▁north ▁of