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Viewing cable 07NOGALES42, W/W REPATRIATION OF MINOR CYNTHIA VANESSA FIGUEROA LOPEZ

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07NOGALES42 2007-02-15 15:36 2011-08-30 01:44 UNCLASSIFIED Consulate Nogales
VZCZCXRO9034
PP RUEHNG
DE RUEHNG #0042 0461536
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 151536Z FEB 07
FM AMCONSUL NOGALES
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4097
INFO RUEHME/AMEMBASSY MEXICO PRIORITY 0724
RUEHNG/AMCONSUL NOGALES 1641
UNCLAS NOGALES 000042 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: CASC MX CYNTHIA VANESSA FIGUEROA LOPEZ
SUBJECT: W/W REPATRIATION OF MINOR CYNTHIA VANESSA FIGUEROA LOPEZ 
 
 
1.  On Tuesday, February 6, 2007 Desarrollo Integral de la 
Familia (DIF) in Nogales, Mexico, the Mexican equivalent for 
Child Protective Services, informed Post they had taken custody 
of minor Cynthia Vanessa Figueroa Lopez.  Ms. Figueroa had been 
deported by DHS on the previous day because she had told police 
officers in Tucson, AZ that she was a Mexican citizen and had no 
identification.  Ms. Figueroa was questioned by Tucson police 
after being detained for shoplifting in a Tucson mall.  Once in 
Mexico, Ms. Figueroa told DIF officials and, subsequently 
conoff, her true nationality.  Ms. Figueroa told conoff she lied 
about her identity in order to avoid juvenile court in the 
United States. 
 
2.  Post visited Ms. Figueroa and obtained a blanket Privacy Act 
Waiver. Ms. Figueroa understood her legal situation and was in 
good health and spirits. Post then contacted Ms. Figueroa's 
family and learned that she ran away from the group home where 
she was staying. Ms. Figueroa's grandmother, Ana Barraga, tel. 
(520) 312-8041, has custody of her.  Post contacted Mrs. Barraga 
and advised her of her granddaughter's situation. 
 
3.  On Thursday, February 8, Post confirmed with DIF that Mrs. 
Barraga came to Mexico for Ms. Figueroa.  Both have safely 
returned to their home in Tucson.  Post considers this case 
closed. 
 
SHARPE