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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Two women from Fresno person been sentenced pursuing the kidnapping of a pistillate and her 2 children truthful they would not attest against 1 of the defendant's brother, the United States Department of Justice announced.
The DOJ says Rosa Ventura, 34, and Claudia Gonzales, 38, were charged with conspiracy to kidnap, kidnapping and kidnapping involving a child.
According to tribunal documents, connected May 8, a pistillate reported her fellow aft a home unit incident, which resulted successful his arrest. In retaliation for calling the police, the boyfriend's sister, Ventura, took the woman's five-month-old girl away. Then, she drove her and her nine-year-old girl to an chartless tract extracurricular Fresno.
At the field, the DOJ says Gonzales revealed herself aft hiding successful the car's trunk. Both women drove the parent and kid consecutive to Tijuana, Mexico, and stranded them astatine an chartless autobus presumption to dissuade the parent from testifying successful the home unit lawsuit wherever she was a victim.
The parent and child, according to officials, were held against their volition during the drive. At 1 point, they attempted to fly astatine a accelerated station, but Ventura and Gonzales chased them down and physically forced them backmost into the car.
If convicted, the DOJ says Ventura and Gonzales look a minimum of 20 years to a maximum of beingness successful situation and a $250,000 fine.
