A story in the NY Times on December 23 reported that Maria Jose Carrascosa had been sentenced to 14 years in prison for not returning her daughter to the US from Spain, where the nine-year-old lives with Carrascosa´s parents.
Carrascosa was found guilty in November, as I reported in Latest in Carrascosa Case but her attorneys hoped for a more lenient, five-year sentence. Carrascosa has already been in prison for three years.
In follow-up stories in El País a spokesperson for the family was quoted as saying that they were determined to bring the case to the attention of the Hague Tribunal and the United Nations.
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