Mother caught with drugs at port gets probation - Nogales International
Fernanda Deyanira Corral-Ley, 22, was also ordered to serve 60 days in jail on a work-release basis as part of the sentence handed down July 20 at Santa Cruz County Superior Court by Judge Thomas Fink. 10, 2014, Corral-Ley tried to enter the United States through the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry in a 2004 GMC Envoy. Earlier that day, officers at the port had received information from a U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent about a possible drug load. As a result, the Envoy was sent for a secondary inspection, where officers discovered 28 packages of narcotics hidden in the front and back seats. At the time, U. S. Customs and Border Protection estimated the value of the drugs at around $160,000. An ICE agent tried to interview Corral-Ley and her husband about the drugs, but they refused to answer questions and asked for a lawyer. The Santa Cruz County Attorney’s Office then accepted the case and charged Corral-Ley and her husband in local court. During a pre-sentence interview on July 10, Corral-Ley reportedly said she didn’t know the drugs were in the SUV, and cast suspicion on her mother-in-law, who sometimes borrowed the vehicle while they were in Nogales, Sonora. While she claimed to be unaware of the drug load, Corral-Ley said she pleaded guilty because she doubted that a jury would. Source: www.nogalesinternational.com
