Mother gets 6-year term for fleeing to Mexico with daughter

Published 10:29 pm Wednesday, March 30, 2016

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A woman has been sentenced to six years in prison for kidnapping her 4-year-old daughter and fleeing to Mexico for 12 years after the girl’s father was awarded custody.

Dara Llorens was sentenced in state district court in Austin on Wednesday, having pleaded guilty to felony charges arising from Sabrina Allen’s abduction. Llorens must serve two years before becoming eligible for parole.

Acting on a tip, the FBI and Mexican authorities found Llorens and Allen, then 17, near Mexico City on Sept. 30, 2014. The pair was quickly flown back to Texas and Llorens was jailed on kidnapping charges.

Allen was reported missing by her father in 2002 after she vanished following a weekend visit with her mother.

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