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(MEXICO CITY) — 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.
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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.
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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.
“They stole my daughter,” Susana Nunez told Milenio Television on Wednesday. “I didn’t know this woman existed.”
Authorities Seize Wrong Mexican Girl for Forced Return to U.S.
The court couldn't get a DNA test in Mexico because they weren't allowed to or that court wasn't allowed to. She had to come to the US, get a DNA test to return home.
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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.
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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.
“They stole my daughter,” Susana Nunez told Milenio Television on Wednesday. “I didn’t know this woman existed.”
Authorities Seize Wrong Mexican Girl for Forced Return to U.S.
The court couldn't get a DNA test in Mexico because they weren't allowed to or that court wasn't allowed to. She had to come to the US, get a DNA test to return home.
