and i was innocent. so i was very, very happy to be out. >> what was your life like? >> rafael romo is in arizona where yanir maldonado spoke to us a short time ago. rafael, what did she say? >> reporter: well, first of all, the first thing she wanted to say was that she is very grateful to all those people who prayed for her, who supported her and her family during the more than a week, the time she spent in the prison across the border here in mexico. i had the opportunity to be one of a handful of reporters of attending a hearing yesterday during a very crucial moment a. moment that might have been the defining moment when the defense attorney asked the court to play a video showing yanir maldonado