let s say it one more time, it s friday. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. breaking news. this has been unfolding all night before our eyes. the arizona mother of seven, the grandmother, in fact, who spent a week behind bars in mexico accused of smuggling drugs, she has been released. authorities in the area arrested maldonado after finding 12 pounds of drugs under her bus seat last week, but new evidence apparently convinced a judge to let this woman go free. now, we just heard from her in a statement made in after she was released. first, i have to thank god that now i m free now. and i m very grateful that i m fr free, for my family, my children. and i really thank all of the people and you guys, the media,
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these was kids at all. we want to begin with breaking news overnight on the arizona mother held in a mexican jail. this morning yanira maldonado is a free woman after being accused of trying to smuggle 12 pounds of marijuana into the u.s. under her bus seat. miguel has been following the story and joins us from arizona w how did this happen and why overnight? reporter: apparently mexican authorities after hearing compelling evidence from the maldonado attorney, the judge reviewed that evidence, it was videotape evidence that showed yanira and her husband walking on to the bus. it showed she had two water bottles in her hand and possibly two small blankets. the point made by their lawyer is that there was no way for her to carry on 12 pounds of marijuana. apparently after reviewing that tape, the judge, the magistrate
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