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A MOTHER OF SEVEN, AND A
GRANDMOTHER AS WE SEE RIGHT
THERE.
TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR
MOM.
WHAT'S SHE LIKE, AND WHY YOU
BELIEVE THIS NOTION THAT SHE WAS
TRYING TO SMUGGLE IN, YOU KNOW,
TEN POUNDS, OR 12 POUNDS OF
MARIJUANA INTO THE UNITED STATES
IS OUTRAGEOUS?
>> IT'S VERY OUTRAGEOUS.
MY MOM, YOU KNOW, SHE DOES HAVE
SEVEN CHILDREN, TWO
GRANDCHILDREN.
AND IT'S JUST -- IT'S UNBELIEF,
HONESTLY.
HER WHOLE LIFE, SHE'S JUST BEEN
RAISING US, AS A SINGLE PARENT.
YOU KNOW, ME, MY SISTER AND MY
BROTHER.
AND SHE'S JUST A WONDERFUL MOM.
AND A WONDERFUL GRANDMA.
SHE WOULD NEVER JEOPARDIZE HER
LIFE FOR, YOU KNOW, TO LOSE
THIS.
TO LOSE HER FAMILY.
IT'S -- YEAH.
>> SAL, YOU KNOW YOUR
MOTHER-IN-LAW.
YOU KNOW HER OBVIOUSLY WELL.
IS IT EVEN CONCEIVABLE, WITHIN
YOUR FURTHEST IMAGINATION, THAT
SHE COULD BE TRYING TO SMUGGLE
DRUGS INTO THE UNITED STATES
FROM MEXICO?
>> NOT EVER.
YOU KNOW, I'VE KNOWN MY
MOTHER-IN-LAW FOR QUITE SOME
TIME NOW.
AND SHE IS A GREAT WOMAN.
YOU KNOW, SHE WOULD DO ANYTHING
FOR ANYONE, IF YOU ASKED IT OF
HER.
IF WE WERE BACK HOME, WE WOULD
PROBABLY BE OVER AT HER HOUSE
EVERY NIGHT, FOR DINNER.
AND SHE'S JUST A GREAT
SUPPORTER.
SHE ALWAYS HAS -- EVEN WHEN
WE'RE HAVING ISSUES, YOU KNOW,
WITH BEING AWAY FROM HOME, SHE'S
ALWAYS BEEN SO SUPPORTIVE OF US.
AND IT'S JUST -- I COULD
NEVER -- I KNOW MY MOTHER-IN-LAW
WOULD NEVER DO SUCH A THING.
SHE'S VERY GROUNDED IN HER
MORALS.
SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN A VERY GOOD,
YOU KNOW, A VERY GOOD ROLE MODEL
TO HER DAUGHTERS.
AND I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR HER
BEING MY MOTHER AS WELL.
MY EXTENDED MOTHER.
AND I'M JUST VERY THANKFUL THAT
SHE'S -- HER GRANDBABY RIGHT
HERE IN MY ARMS.
WE'RE JUST PRAYING, AND HOPEFUL
THAT EVERYTHING WILL GO WELL.
AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE HER
SOON.
IT'S VERY SAD AND DISHEARTENED
TO HEAR THIS.
>> BRENDA, I'LL ASK YOU THE SAME
QUESTION I ASKED YOUR SISTER THE
OTHER DAY.
IF MEXICAN AUTHORITIES ARE
WATCHING YOU, WATCHING THIS
INTERVIEW RIGHT NOW, SPEAK TO
THEM.
TELL US SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR MOM
YOU WANT TO SHARE, AND WHY YOU
THINK SHE'S GOT TO GET OUT OF
THAT PRISON VERY QUICKLY, AND
LET HER COME BACK TO THE UNITED
STATES.
>> SHE HAS TO GET OUT OF THAT
PRISON VERY QUICK, NOT ONLY
BECAUSE HER FAMILY MISSES HER,
SHE ALSO NEEDS TO BE WITH MY
YOUNGER BROTHER.
MY YOUNGER BROTHER STILL NEEDS
HER GUIDANCE.
HE'S STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL.
AND HER GRANDKIDS ARE GOING TO
NEED HER.
I STILL NEED HER.
YOU KNOW?
BEING A NEW MOM.
I STILL NEED HER ADVICE.
HER GUIDANCE.
YOU KNOW, WE HEARD THE MINIMUM
IS TEN YEARS.
TEN YEARS IS A WHOLE LIFE SPAN.
IT'S JUST -- YOU KNOW, WE DON'T
HAVE THAT TIME.
TEN YEARS TO BE SEPARATED FROM
YOUR OWN MOTHER.
I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE THAT.
I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE SEPARATED
FROM MY OWN DAUGHTER.
SO, PLEASE, TO THE OFFICIALS IN
MEXICO, TO PLEASE DO YOUR PART,