Lion Heart 15,041 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 GUANAJUATO, Mexico (AP) — A 14-year-old Mexican girl who was taken by authorities and sent screaming to live in the United States was returned home Wednesday after DNA tests showed she is not the daughter of the Houston woman who claimed her.The case of Alondra Luna Nunez drew international attention after a video of the distraught girl being forced into a police vehicle last week circulated in media and on social networks.The Foreign Ministry said Mexican officials were carrying out a court order to send Alondra to Dorotea Garcia, a Houston woman who claimed the girl was her daughter who had been illegally taken to Mexico by her father years ago. Alondra's family insisted authorities were mistaken but their pleas were ignored."It's terrible that they could do this do you," the mother, Susana Nunez, told The Associated Press at an evening barbecue in Guanajuato, where two dozen family members celebrated the girl's return with balloons, streamers, and sizzling steak and chorizo sausage.Wearing jeans, a gray T-shirt and a silver necklace with an image of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Alondra laughed and hugged her brothers, cousins, aunts and uncles. As the sun went down in the hilly working-class neighborhood where they live, family and friends lit candles and recited the rosary on a sidewalk. Alondra wept as an elderly neighbor swept her into an embrace that lasted for minutes."At first I was very upset because I had never been so far away from my parents," Alondra said. But she said she was optimistic the mistake would be remedied. "So after a while I calmed down a bit."Garcia, speaking to a Houston television station, said the first time she saw the girl, "I saw my daughter." She gave few details about how she ended up leaving Mexico with the girl, although she said she knows many won't look kindly on her actions."The people who know me don't need me to give an explanation for what happened," she said later to the AP. "Whatever explanation I give won't change the minds of people in Mexico or here."Mexican agents assigned to Interpol took Alondra from her middle school in the central state of Guanajuato on April 16 and transported her to a courtroom in the neighboring state of Michoacan, according to a statement from the federal Attorney General's Office.In court, Alondra's parents and Garcia each presented birth certificates and gave testimony, then the judge ruled in favor of Garcia, ordering the girl into her custody, according to the court in Michoacan. A court official, who was not authorized to speak to the press, said on condition of anonymity that Alondra's parents didn't present "proper documents."Alondra, upon returning to Mexico, said she asked for a DNA test and the judge turned her down.The judge who ruled on the case said it wasn't within her duties to order a DNA test."We as judges are only responsible to resolve the case with respect to recovering the minor," Judge Cinthia Elodia Mercado told the AP. "We don't do investigations or make inquiries."Alondra and Garcia went by bus to Houston, crossing at Laredo, Texas, with the birth certificate of Garcia's daughter and the court order, according to the Foreign Ministry.Alondra recorded a video, posted to social media, in which she looked calm and happy and told her parents in Mexico not to worry as they waited for results of a DNA test there."I'm fine. I see that the United States is nice. I don't understand anything they're saying, because everything is in English," she said in the video. She said Wednesday that she was only trying to reassure her family and didn't really feel fine.The Foreign Ministry intervened to request the DNA test because of the commotion the video was causing.Many things remained unclear, including who called Interpol from the U.S.A U.S. State Department spokeswoman, Marie Harf, said U.S. officials had encouraged "timely processing of this case through appropriate government channels." It was not clear what further action, if any, the department might take on the matter.It was also unclear how the girl came to be identified as Garcia's daughter.In 2007, the Foreign Ministry received a claim stating Garcia's then 4-year-old daughter, Alondra Diaz Garcia, had been taken by her father from the U.S. and was believed to be in Michoacan. This year, Garcia went to Mexico and said she had found her daughter in Guanajuato, prompting U.S. authorities to seek the help of Interpol in retrieving her.Meanwhile, Alondra Diaz Garcia remains missing. Reynaldo Diaz is suspected of abducting her from Houston in 2007, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. A felony warrant has been issued for his arrest.http://news.yahoo.com/authorities-seize-wrong-mexican-girl-forced-return-us-143407910.htmlWHAT THE ****?? Why didn't they think of doing a DNA test BEFORE throwing her out to live with some stranger? Poor girl, at least she's home safe."We don't do investigations or make inquiries."Jesus.. Still, I hope D. Garcia ends up finding her real daughter. This is ridiculous. Video: http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/22/americas/mexico-us-teen/ ▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1986 629 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 she should of lied & said it was her to get that better life in the usa. oh well! BUY BEAUTY BEHIND THE MADNESS ON ITUNES. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dangerous Man 9,245 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Tbh, I'm scared to visit Mexico. With all the gang wars, human trafficking, corruption, low-key security I've been hearing about this place since I was a kid, I would never step a single foot there. Sorry to offend some of you guys. I mean those incidents can happen anywhere but my phobia for that place is too much. Mexicans are hot tho. Buenos Dias senior. "A little less conversation and a little more touch my body." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xoxo cupcakke 4,781 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 she should of lied & said it was her to get that better life in the usa. oh well! STOP! That is a huge assumption to make. You don't know anything about life in Mexico. TBH, looking for your rationality but it seems you do not own any Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PartySick 172,676 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Tbh, I'm scared to visit Mexico. With all the gang wars, human trafficking, corruption, low-key security I've been hearing about this place since I was a kid, I would never step a single foot there. Sorry to offend some of you guys. It's a beautiful place as long as you stick to the tourist destinations and a few select cities. Stay FAR away from Mexico City, though Whimsical bitch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCHofficial 5,293 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveandMagic 1,731 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 What a tragic mistake. Thankfully it was solved. I hope that other woman finds her missing child though. Just repeat to yourself, "It's just a show. I should really just relax." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan 219 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 0:41 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1986 629 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 STOP! That is a huge assumption to make. You don't know anything about life in Mexico. TBH, looking for your rationality but it seems you do not own any STOP! My opinion. BUY BEAUTY BEHIND THE MADNESS ON ITUNES. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Memo 176 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 ah yes our efficient police, excellent job Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xoxo cupcakke 4,781 Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 STOP! My opinion. I can't stop when your opinion of the state of a country and that of another is flawed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goosey 3,017 Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Great, now Mexico will be even more reluctant to send criminals to the US... we'll have to send in Dog the Bounty Hunter once more Tbh, I'm scared to visit Mexico. With all the gang wars, human trafficking, corruption, low-key security I've been hearing about this place since I was a kid, I would never step a single foot there. Sorry to offend some of you guys. Over 100,000 people killed in the Mexican d--g war since 2006. Always each few months there is some news story about Canadian tourists kidnapped or killed. "I am the world's greatest person that does not want to let people into the country."—US President Donald J. Trump Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan 219 Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Great, now Mexico will be even more reluctant to send criminals to the US... we'll have to send in Dog the Bounty Hunter once more Over 100,000 people killed in the Mexican d--g war since 2006. Always each few months there is some news story about Canadian tourists kidnapped or killed. Why do we want criminals sent to the US? Do American criminals flee to there or something? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goosey 3,017 Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Why do we want criminals sent to the US? Do American criminals flee to there or something? Precisely http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/How-killers-in-state-stay-untouchable-Mexican-2596826.php "I am the world's greatest person that does not want to let people into the country."—US President Donald J. Trump Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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