A TEENAGER who was taken to Mexico by her father eight years ago has returned to the US with her mother.
Alondra Diaz Garcia, 13, was reunited with her mother, Dorotea Garcia, after DNA tests confirmed her identity.
“I want to learn many things about the United States, about my family,” said Alondra as she arrived at her new home in a suburb of Houston, Texas.
Alondra, who was born in the US, was taken to Mexico by her father after he lost a custody battle in 2007. Ms Garcia went to Mexico on Friday to see her daughter for the first time in nearly eight years.
‘I love her, and I am so happy having her here,” Ms Garcia told journalists after returning to the US from Guadalajara.
Alondra’s whereabouts were unknown until very recently.
Her relatives say her father, Reynaldo Diaz, decided to return her after another Mexican girl, also called Alondra, was mistakenly identified as the missing teenager.
Alondra Luna Nunez, 14, was dragged from her classroom in dramatic fashion and taken against her will to Dorotea Garcia in Houston.
A video showing Alondra Luna Nunez in distress as she was seized by police in the central city of Guanajuato caused outrage after it was published on social media.
