Texas Girl Missing for 12 Years Found With Mom in Mexico

The girl's mother is now jailed in Texas on an aggravated kidnapping charge.

A Texas girl reported kidnapped 12 years ago has been found in a town outside Mexico City with her mother, who is now facing charges in the U.S., authorities said Wednesday.

The FBI and Mexico authorities say 17-year-old Sabrina Allen was found Tuesday night in Papalotla, Tlaxcala, outside of Mexico City. She was reported missing by her father in 2002, after the then-4-year-old girl vanished after a weekend visit with her mother.

The case was twice profiled on "America's Most Wanted."

The teen and her mother, Dara Llorens, were flown back to Texas early Wednesday. Llorens is now jailed in Austin on an aggravated kidnapping charge and being held on a $300,000 bond. It was not immediately clear if Llorens has an attorney.

Gregory Allen said during a news conference with the FBI and Austin police that he hasn't yet seen his daughter.

"I'm going to ask her if I can give her a hug," Allen said. "She's in pretty bad shape as far as my understanding ... She was not living a regular life. She has not been going to school."

Authorities didn't reveal the teen's whereabouts, and Allen said she was being evaluated by a therapist.

U.S. and Mexico authorities revealed few details about Llorens' arrest or about how long she had been in Mexico with her daughter. They said only that mother and daughter had been living in an apartment, and that Llorens initially put up some resistance to arrest.

Allen, who had hired a private investigator to help find his daughter, said authorities were tipped by a confidential informant. He declined to give more details.

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