Woman accused of surrendering baby to pay off smuggling debt

[00:00:05]FOX, A WOMAN IS DEPORTED AFTER FOX, A WOMAN IS DEPORTED AFTER FOX, A WOMAN IS DEPORTED AFTER ALLEGEDLY TRYING TO GIVE UP FOX, A WOMAN IS DEPORTED AFTER ALLEGEDLY TRYING TO GIVE UP FOX, A WOMAN IS DEPORTED AFTER ALLEGEDLY TRYING TO GIVE UP HER BABY AT A LAKE ST. LOUIS ALLEGEDLY TRYING TO GIVE UP HER BABY AT A LAKE ST. LOUIS ALLEGEDLY TRYING TO GIVE UP HER BABY AT A LAKE ST. LOUIS HOSPITAL. AND I SAYS THIS HER BABY AT A LAKE ST. LOUIS HOSPITAL. AND I SAYS THIS HER BABY AT A LAKE ST. LOUIS HOSPITAL. AND I SAYS THIS ISN'T THEIR FIRST RUN-IN WITH HOSPITAL. AND I SAYS THIS ISN'T THEIR FIRST RUN-IN WITH HOSPITAL. AND I SAYS THIS ISN'T THEIR FIRST RUN-IN WITH THIS WOMAN. FOX NEWS CHAD MIRA ISN'T THEIR FIRST RUN-IN WITH THIS WOMAN. FOX NEWS CHAD MIRA ISN'T THEIR FIRST RUN-IN WITH THIS WOMAN. FOX NEWS CHAD MIRA SHOWS US HOW SHE GOT BACK ON THIS WOMAN. FOX NEWS CHAD MIRA SHOWS US HOW SHE GOT BACK ON THIS WOMAN. FOX NEWS CHAD MIRA SHOWS US HOW SHE GOT BACK ON FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS. RADAR.

[00:00:20]SHOWS US HOW SHE GOT BACK ON FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS. RADAR.

[00:00:20]FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS. RADAR.

[00:00:20]FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS. RADAR. >> WITH ST. LOUIS POLICE GOT A >> WITH ST. LOUIS POLICE GOT A >> WITH ST. LOUIS POLICE GOT A CALL TO THE HOSPITAL HERE >> WITH ST. LOUIS POLICE GOT A CALL TO THE HOSPITAL HERE >> WITH ST. LOUIS POLICE GOT A CALL TO THE HOSPITAL HERE AFTER A CHILD WAS BORN BACK IN CALL TO THE HOSPITAL HERE AFTER A CHILD WAS BORN BACK IN CALL TO THE HOSPITAL HERE AFTER A CHILD WAS BORN BACK IN 2024. AND THEY SAY WHEN THEY AFTER A CHILD WAS BORN BACK IN 2024. AND THEY SAY WHEN THEY AFTER A CHILD WAS BORN BACK IN 2024. AND THEY SAY WHEN THEY GOT THERE, THERE WAS ANOTHER 2024. AND THEY SAY WHEN THEY GOT THERE, THERE WAS ANOTHER 2024. AND THEY SAY WHEN THEY GOT THERE, THERE WAS ANOTHER WOMAN THERE WHO WAS CLAIMING GOT THERE, THERE WAS ANOTHER WOMAN THERE WHO WAS CLAIMING GOT THERE, THERE WAS ANOTHER WOMAN THERE WHO WAS CLAIMING TO BE THAT BABY'S MOTHER.

[00:00:33]WOMAN THERE WHO WAS CLAIMING TO BE THAT BABY'S MOTHER.

[00:00:34]WOMAN THERE WHO WAS CLAIMING TO BE THAT BABY'S MOTHER. >> A POLICE INVESTIGATION AT A TO BE THAT BABY'S MOTHER. >> A POLICE INVESTIGATION AT A TO BE THAT BABY'S MOTHER. >> A POLICE INVESTIGATION AT A LAKE ST. LOUIS HOSPITAL >> A POLICE INVESTIGATION AT A LAKE ST. LOUIS HOSPITAL >> A POLICE INVESTIGATION AT A LAKE ST. LOUIS HOSPITAL QUICKLY TURNED INTO A FEDERAL LAKE ST. LOUIS HOSPITAL QUICKLY TURNED INTO A FEDERAL LAKE ST. LOUIS HOSPITAL QUICKLY TURNED INTO A FEDERAL CASE OF HUMAN SMUGGLING.

[00:00:39]QUICKLY TURNED INTO A FEDERAL CASE OF HUMAN SMUGGLING.

[00:00:39]QUICKLY TURNED INTO A FEDERAL CASE OF HUMAN SMUGGLING. >> ACTUALLY, WHILE WE WERE AT CASE OF HUMAN SMUGGLING. >> ACTUALLY, WHILE WE WERE AT CASE OF HUMAN SMUGGLING. >> ACTUALLY, WHILE WE WERE AT THE HOSPITAL, WE HAD THOSE 2 >> ACTUALLY, WHILE WE WERE AT THE HOSPITAL, WE HAD THOSE 2 >> ACTUALLY, WHILE WE WERE AT THE HOSPITAL, WE HAD THOSE 2 INDIVIDUALS THAT SHOWED UP THE HOSPITAL, WE HAD THOSE 2 INDIVIDUALS THAT SHOWED UP THE HOSPITAL, WE HAD THOSE 2 INDIVIDUALS THAT SHOWED UP CLAIMING TO BE THE PARENTS.

[00:00:47]INDIVIDUALS THAT SHOWED UP CLAIMING TO BE THE PARENTS.

[00:00:47]INDIVIDUALS THAT SHOWED UP CLAIMING TO BE THE PARENTS. >> IT WAS JANUARY OTHER USING CLAIMING TO BE THE PARENTS. >> IT WAS JANUARY OTHER USING CLAIMING TO BE THE PARENTS. >> IT WAS JANUARY OTHER USING A FAKE NAME GAVE BIRTH AT >> IT WAS JANUARY OTHER USING A FAKE NAME GAVE BIRTH AT >> IT WAS JANUARY OTHER USING A FAKE NAME GAVE BIRTH AT SAINT JOSEPH'S IN LAKE ST. A FAKE NAME GAVE BIRTH AT SAINT JOSEPH'S IN LAKE ST. A FAKE NAME GAVE BIRTH AT SAINT JOSEPH'S IN LAKE ST. LOUIS. LOCAL POLICE GOT A TIP SAINT JOSEPH'S IN LAKE ST. LOUIS. LOCAL POLICE GOT A TIP SAINT JOSEPH'S IN LAKE ST. LOUIS. LOCAL POLICE GOT A TIP THAT THE MOTHER WAS TRYING TO LOUIS. LOCAL POLICE GOT A TIP THAT THE MOTHER WAS TRYING TO LOUIS. LOCAL POLICE GOT A TIP THAT THE MOTHER WAS TRYING TO SELL HER BABY.

[00:00:56]THAT THE MOTHER WAS TRYING TO SELL HER BABY.

[00:00:56]THAT THE MOTHER WAS TRYING TO SELL HER BABY. >> THEY HAD DETERMINED THAT SELL HER BABY. >> THEY HAD DETERMINED THAT SELL HER BABY. >> THEY HAD DETERMINED THAT THIS PERSON WAS AND SOME TYPE >> THEY HAD DETERMINED THAT THIS PERSON WAS AND SOME TYPE >> THEY HAD DETERMINED THAT THIS PERSON WAS AND SOME TYPE OF DEBT THAT THEY WERE TRYING THIS PERSON WAS AND SOME TYPE OF DEBT THAT THEY WERE TRYING THIS PERSON WAS AND SOME TYPE OF DEBT THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO SELL THEIR CHILD TO MAKE OF DEBT THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO SELL THEIR CHILD TO MAKE OF DEBT THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO SELL THEIR CHILD TO MAKE SOME MONEY OFF OF IT. I GUESS TO SELL THEIR CHILD TO MAKE SOME MONEY OFF OF IT. I GUESS TO SELL THEIR CHILD TO MAKE SOME MONEY OFF OF IT. I GUESS HAD OWED SOMEBODY MONEY BACK SOME MONEY OFF OF IT. I GUESS HAD OWED SOMEBODY MONEY BACK SOME MONEY OFF OF IT. I GUESS HAD OWED SOMEBODY MONEY BACK IN MEXICO.

[00:01:10]HAD OWED SOMEBODY MONEY BACK IN MEXICO.

[00:01:10]HAD OWED SOMEBODY MONEY BACK IN MEXICO. >> I SAYS BOTH WOMEN WERE HERE IN MEXICO. >> I SAYS BOTH WOMEN WERE HERE IN MEXICO. >> I SAYS BOTH WOMEN WERE HERE ILLEGALLY FROM MEXICO. THEY >> I SAYS BOTH WOMEN WERE HERE ILLEGALLY FROM MEXICO. THEY >> I SAYS BOTH WOMEN WERE HERE ILLEGALLY FROM MEXICO. THEY SAID THE CHILD'S REAL MOTHER ILLEGALLY FROM MEXICO. THEY SAID THE CHILD'S REAL MOTHER ILLEGALLY FROM MEXICO. THEY SAID THE CHILD'S REAL MOTHER HAD GIVEN HER HOSPITAL SAID THE CHILD'S REAL MOTHER HAD GIVEN HER HOSPITAL SAID THE CHILD'S REAL MOTHER HAD GIVEN HER HOSPITAL WRISTBAND TO THE OTHER WOMAN HAD GIVEN HER HOSPITAL WRISTBAND TO THE OTHER WOMAN HAD GIVEN HER HOSPITAL WRISTBAND TO THE OTHER WOMAN TO ALLOW HER TO CLAIM THE WRISTBAND TO THE OTHER WOMAN TO ALLOW HER TO CLAIM THE WRISTBAND TO THE OTHER WOMAN TO ALLOW HER TO CLAIM THE INFANT AS HER OWN. ACCORDING TO ALLOW HER TO CLAIM THE INFANT AS HER OWN. ACCORDING TO ALLOW HER TO CLAIM THE INFANT AS HER OWN. ACCORDING TO A POLICE REPORT, HOSPITAL INFANT AS HER OWN. ACCORDING TO A POLICE REPORT, HOSPITAL INFANT AS HER OWN. ACCORDING TO A POLICE REPORT, HOSPITAL STAFF SAID THEY OBSERVED TO A POLICE REPORT, HOSPITAL STAFF SAID THEY OBSERVED TO A POLICE REPORT, HOSPITAL STAFF SAID THEY OBSERVED DIFFERENT WOMEN VISITING WHILE STAFF SAID THEY OBSERVED DIFFERENT WOMEN VISITING WHILE STAFF SAID THEY OBSERVED DIFFERENT WOMEN VISITING WHILE THE BABY WAS IN THE NICU. IT DIFFERENT WOMEN VISITING WHILE THE BABY WAS IN THE NICU. IT DIFFERENT WOMEN VISITING WHILE THE BABY WAS IN THE NICU. IT APPEARED THE HOSPITAL THE BABY WAS IN THE NICU. IT APPEARED THE HOSPITAL THE BABY WAS IN THE NICU. IT APPEARED THE HOSPITAL WRISTBAND WAS STRETCHED AND APPEARED THE HOSPITAL WRISTBAND WAS STRETCHED AND APPEARED THE HOSPITAL WRISTBAND WAS STRETCHED AND THAT THE WOMAN CLAIMING TO BE WRISTBAND WAS STRETCHED AND THAT THE WOMAN CLAIMING TO BE WRISTBAND WAS STRETCHED AND THAT THE WOMAN CLAIMING TO BE THE MOTHER DID NOT APPEAR TO THAT THE WOMAN CLAIMING TO BE THE MOTHER DID NOT APPEAR TO THAT THE WOMAN CLAIMING TO BE THE MOTHER DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE JUST HAD A C SECTION. WE THE MOTHER DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE JUST HAD A C SECTION. WE THE MOTHER DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE JUST HAD A C SECTION. WE TALK ABOUT HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

[00:01:36]HAVE JUST HAD A C SECTION. WE TALK ABOUT HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

[00:01:36]HAVE JUST HAD A C SECTION. WE TALK ABOUT HUMAN TRAFFICKING. >> THERE YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TALK ABOUT HUMAN TRAFFICKING. >> THERE YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TALK ABOUT HUMAN TRAFFICKING. >> THERE YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE, I GUESS, OR MAYBE >> THERE YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE, I GUESS, OR MAYBE >> THERE YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE, I GUESS, OR MAYBE A LITTLE BIT NAIVE TO IT THAT, PEOPLE ARE, I GUESS, OR MAYBE A LITTLE BIT NAIVE TO IT THAT, PEOPLE ARE, I GUESS, OR MAYBE A LITTLE BIT NAIVE TO IT THAT, HEY, WHEN THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN A LITTLE BIT NAIVE TO IT THAT, HEY, WHEN THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN A LITTLE BIT NAIVE TO IT THAT, HEY, WHEN THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN HERE, I SAYS, THE REAL MOTHER HEY, WHEN THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN HERE, I SAYS, THE REAL MOTHER HEY, WHEN THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN HERE, I SAYS, THE REAL MOTHER HAS BEEN CAUGHT TRYING TO HERE, I SAYS, THE REAL MOTHER HAS BEEN CAUGHT TRYING TO HERE, I SAYS, THE REAL MOTHER HAS BEEN CAUGHT TRYING TO ENTER THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY 5 HAS BEEN CAUGHT TRYING TO ENTER THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY 5 HAS BEEN CAUGHT TRYING TO ENTER THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY 5 TIMES.

[00:01:48]ENTER THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY 5 TIMES.

[00:01:48]ENTER THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY 5 TIMES. >> IMMIGRATION HEARING SHE WAS TIMES. >> IMMIGRATION HEARING SHE WAS TIMES. >> IMMIGRATION HEARING SHE WAS JUST SENT BACK TO MEXICO >> IMMIGRATION HEARING SHE WAS JUST SENT BACK TO MEXICO >> IMMIGRATION HEARING SHE WAS JUST SENT BACK TO MEXICO AGAIN, WE'VE CONCEAL THE JUST SENT BACK TO MEXICO AGAIN, WE'VE CONCEAL THE JUST SENT BACK TO MEXICO AGAIN, WE'VE CONCEAL THE WOMAN'S IDENTITY BECAUSE WE AGAIN, WE'VE CONCEAL THE WOMAN'S IDENTITY BECAUSE WE AGAIN, WE'VE CONCEAL THE WOMAN'S IDENTITY BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY CRIMINAL WOMAN'S IDENTITY BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY CRIMINAL WOMAN'S IDENTITY BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY CRIMINAL CHARGES RELATED TO THIS CASE.

[00:01:57]HAVEN'T SEEN ANY CRIMINAL CHARGES RELATED TO THIS CASE.

[00:01:57]HAVEN'T SEEN ANY CRIMINAL CHARGES RELATED TO THIS CASE. INVESTIGATORS RIGHT THAT THE CHARGES RELATED TO THIS CASE. INVESTIGATORS RIGHT THAT THE CHARGES RELATED TO THIS CASE. INVESTIGATORS RIGHT THAT THE WOMAN CLAIMS SHE COULD NOT INVESTIGATORS RIGHT THAT THE WOMAN CLAIMS SHE COULD NOT INVESTIGATORS RIGHT THAT THE WOMAN CLAIMS SHE COULD NOT AFFORD THE BABY BECAUSE SHE WOMAN CLAIMS SHE COULD NOT AFFORD THE BABY BECAUSE SHE WOMAN CLAIMS SHE COULD NOT AFFORD THE BABY BECAUSE SHE OWED 280,000 PESOS TO PEOPLE AFFORD THE BABY BECAUSE SHE OWED 280,000 PESOS TO PEOPLE AFFORD THE BABY BECAUSE SHE OWED 280,000 PESOS TO PEOPLE WHO HELP TRANSPORTER TO THE OWED 280,000 PESOS TO PEOPLE WHO HELP TRANSPORTER TO THE OWED 280,000 PESOS TO PEOPLE WHO HELP TRANSPORTER TO THE U.S. THAT'S MORE THAN 16,000 WHO HELP TRANSPORTER TO THE U.S. THAT'S MORE THAN 16,000 WHO HELP TRANSPORTER TO THE U.S. THAT'S MORE THAN 16,000 U.S. DOLLARS. THE REPORT SAYS, U.S. THAT'S MORE THAN 16,000 U.S. DOLLARS. THE REPORT SAYS, U.S. THAT'S MORE THAN 16,000 U.S. DOLLARS. THE REPORT SAYS, THOUGH, IT'S UNCLEAR IF MONEY U.S. DOLLARS. THE REPORT SAYS, THOUGH, IT'S UNCLEAR IF MONEY U.S. DOLLARS. THE REPORT SAYS, THOUGH, IT'S UNCLEAR IF MONEY WAS EVER TO BE EXCHANGED FOR THOUGH, IT'S UNCLEAR IF MONEY WAS EVER TO BE EXCHANGED FOR THOUGH, IT'S UNCLEAR IF MONEY WAS EVER TO BE EXCHANGED FOR CUSTODY OF THE BABY. WHEN WE WAS EVER TO BE EXCHANGED FOR CUSTODY OF THE BABY. WHEN WE WAS EVER TO BE EXCHANGED FOR CUSTODY OF THE BABY. WHEN WE ASKED ICE FEDERAL CHARGES WERE