Overview

• Sandra Lucía Téllez Nieves was deported on October 3 through the Dennis DeConcini crossing in Nogales and arrested by Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office for the Guardería ABC case.
• She was transferred to the Hermosillo women’s prison to be placed at the judge’s disposal to serve a previously issued conviction for negligent homicide and injuries.
• A 2016 sentence of 28 years, 11 months was reduced through legal appeals to about five years and seven months, after which she violated release conditions and fled to the United States.
• U.S. immigration authorities detained her in Eloy, Arizona under a 2022 Interpol red notice before coordinating the controlled deportation requested by Mexican officials.
• Families of victims welcomed the step yet criticized poor notification and pressed for broader accountability, noting other implicated figures, including co-owner Antonio Salido Suárez, remain at large; Senator Lilly Téllez publicly supported the arrest and denied close kinship with Téllez Nieves.