Thread: AZ-Woman gets 16 months for trying to smuggle girl

Woman gets 16 months for trying to smuggle girl
ARIZONA DAILY STAR
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 07.19.2008
A 22-year-old Mexican woman was sentenced to 16 months in prison this week for trying to smuggle a a 2-year-old girl through a Nogales crossing for money.
On March 6, Ana Lilian Valenzuela-Ramirez, of Nogales, Sonora, came through the pedestrian line at the port with the toddler, who appeared unusually sleepy, a release from the U.S. Attorney's Office said. Valenzuela presented border-crossing cards for herself and the child, who she said was a friend's daughter.
Officers became suspicious, though, after the woman gave conflicting statements about her relationship with the mother and the child's destination in the United States, the release said. When officers instructed Mexican police to bring the girl's parents to the port, Valenzuela admitted the border-crossing card wasn't the girl's and that she had been paid $400 to smuggle her through and give her to a woman in Nogales, Ariz.
Blood and urine tests taken at a hospital showed the girl had slightly elevated levels of Tylenol and aspirin. Both are commonly used by smugglers to sedate children who are being smuggled, the release said.
The girl was turned over to Mexican family-services officials and has since been reunited with her family. Chief U.S. District Judge John M. Roll sentenced Valenzuela to 16 months on Thursday, the release said. Valenzuela will be put in line for deportation after serving time in prison.



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My brother and his family were visiting Disney World in Florida within the last ten years and a baby was kidnapped. It was taken into the lady's room and changed.

Believe it or not Disney World is set up for this to happen ....they took the father to an area and told him to only look at the face of the child as they went through an exiting door from the park. His baby's skin had been painted olive, hair dyed, and the baby was sedated.

Always, tie or leach your child to your body when in a crowd as Disney World.

The above baby was in it's stroller sitting by the parents having a meal when it was stolen. The mother went all to pieces, but the dad was able to find his baby with the help of security cameras at Disney World.

The girl was turned over to Mexican family-services officials and has since been reunited with her family

Does this mean her family in Mexico or U.S.A.?