Marisol valles garcia where is she

Comments 0. Top Stories. Federal court rejects Oklahoma death row inmates appeal 2 hours ago. Scottsdale police investigating school board president Nov 13, PM. Woman killed in Atlanta park was stabbed, cut over 50 times, autopsy shows Nov 13, PM. ABC News Live. CBS Marisol Valles Garcia, who was called Mexico's bravest woman after becoming police chief of the small Mexican town of Praxedis, has reportedly fled and is seeking asylum in the United States.

A relative told Agence France-Presse on Thursday that Valles Garcia, year-old mother and student, "received death threats from a criminal group that wanted to force her to work for them," and that she "went to the United States along with two relatives and will seek asylum. However, an official from the town of Praxedis, which is across the border from Fort Hancock in Texas, denied that their police chief was leaving. Drug violence has transformed the town of about 8, people from a string of quiet farming communities into a lawless no man's land.

Two rival gangs — the Juarez and Sinaloa drug cartels — are battling over control of its single highway, a lucrative drug trafficking route along the Texas border. This article is more than 10 years old. She sought asylum for her husband, her parents and her infant child, saying she feared for her life. During a March 16 court hearing, prosecutors mentioned that a possible plea agreement on the charges of transporting undocumented immigrants could be reached in the next two weeks.

But on March 22, Rubio-Cervantes was indicted by a grand jury on additional charges that include conspiracy to import marijuana, conspiracy to possess marijuana with the intent to distribute and conspiracy to launder monetary instruments. Documents detailing the newest allegations have been sealed by a federal court but, according to a redacted indictment, Rubio-Cervantes, 24, allegedly imported and distributed kilograms or more of marijuana in In addition, Rubio-Cervantes is accused of moving an undisclosed amount of money from Oklahoma and Texas into Mexico between April 8 and April 14, Assistant U.

Attorney Andres Ortega, who is prosecuting the case against Rubio-Cervantes, couldn't be reached for comment. Rubio-Cervantes' court-appointed criminal defense lawyer, Sergio Garcia, also could not be reached for comment. Immigration attorney Carlos Spector, who represents Marisol Valles Garcia in her asylum case, said the charges against her husband do not affect his client. Spector said Valles' case is based on the events that happened in Mexico, which forced her and her family to flee to the United States.