locked up in a mexican prison, an arizona wife and mother facing the unthinkable. today, she s back in court hoping to convince a judge to set her free, let her go home. her nightmare began on a bus headed back to the united states after attending a funeral in mexico. the mexican military say they found 12 pounds of marijuana under her bus seat, but her family, they said no way. they don t believe that. whoever was the cause of this, that s who i m angry at. the people who put my mom in prison without having evidence. incredibly difficult, obviously for this family. casey wian covering the story for us in goodyear, arizona. casey, a mexican state official says it appears this mother of seven was framed.
be in a mexican court. she was on her way back from a family funeral when authority the arrested her on drug smuggling charges. they found marijuana on her bus seat but her family says she was framed. let her come home. she is innocent. we are finding there s so much red tapebureaucracy in the mexican government just to get evidence that will be given to the judge is a huge, huge bureaucratic mess. the mexican embassy says her rights to defense council and due process are being observed. more problems for the athletic director julie her man. she was named in a sexual discrimination suit at the university of louisville back in 2008 when she was athletic administrator. the track and field coach complained to her man about the
to know. the azona mother of seven behind bars i mexico. her family says she is innocent, mexico says she is a major dru smuggler accused of smuggling some 12-pound of mijuana under her bus seat. we ll take a look happening now. i m overil hill. my body doesn t work the way it used to. st mprime? i m a victim of a slowing metabolism? i don k think so. new great grains protein blend. protein from natural ingredients like seeds and nuts. it helps support a metaboy metabolism. new great grains protein blend.
funeral with her husband. she was arrested, right here, at this checkpoint. the mexican military is saying they found 12 pounds of marijuana under her bus seat. thing is, her family is convinced she was set up but framed and they re hoping she will be released at a hearing this afternoon. i have some family members there yesterday and we have high hopes, so i m just looking forward to that. hopefully friday i m praying she will be home and be set free, released. cnn s casey wian talks the strength of the allegations against her. reporter: so far, all we know in terms of the case that they have built against her, if you can really call it a case, is the fact that marijuana was allegedly found underneath this her bus seat on a commercial bus. witnesses have testified that she and her husband got on that bus and they weren t carrying
there s even talk, you know, from authorities asking for bribe money. so how strong of a case do they have against her here? well, we really don t know at at about half an hour, another hearing in mexico is expected to begin. and testifying will be some of those mexican military personnel who apprehended yanira maldonado and initially her husband gary last week. her attorney will also have the opportunity to cross-examine them. so far all we know in terms of the case that they have built against her, if you can really call it a case, is the fact that marijuana was allegedly found underneath her bus seat on a commercial bus. witnesses have testified that she and her husband got on that bus and they weren t carrying anything. initially according to yanira s family, they arrested gary maldonado, her husband. they said it was under his seat. they then let him go, then