Overview

• FGR agents took custody of Sandra Lucía Téllez Nieves at the Dennis DeConcini port of entry in Nogales and transferred her to the women’s prison in Hermosillo at the judge’s disposal.
• Authorities say she was convicted in 2016 but, after appeals and amparos, her term was cut in 2022 to five years and seven months for homicide and culpable injury offenses.
• Téllez had been held by U.S. immigration authorities in Eloy, Arizona, under an Interpol Red Notice issued in 2022 before her deportation on October 3.
• The case stems from the June 5, 2009 fire at the IMSS‑subrogated Guardería ABC in Hermosillo, which killed 49 children and injured more than 100 as investigators documented blocked exits and a lack of fire protections.
• Relatives of victims say they received no formal notification of the transfer, and some report that U.S. lawyers had sought asylum for Téllez before the deportation.