Perhaps the media is embellishing, too? She broke the law, is illegal, pays no taxes.....but HEY! Let's pay her for her rotten experience in the American justice system. That would never happen to an American prisoner in a Mexican prison!! I had a friend who was jailed for two years in a Mexican prison. Have you seen what THEY drink? Urine would be a refreshing alternative. He was beaten, remained in the same clothes for months......slept on a disease ridden dirt floor. He went there after crossing all the legal channels necessary. She snuck in, then committed at least one crime we know of..........but, hey, I want my tax dollars to be used to provide her restitution. I can't afford braces for my kids and have no dental coverage, yet mobile dental services are available at no cost to them, and the service drives right to them. Our healthcare system sucks, our economy sucks, the borders are a joke.....but let's keep being the bleeding hearts that other countries look to for hand outs before ridiculing and condeming us or flying planes into our structures.

she doesnt deserve restitution but just because she was an illegal alien breaking the law doesn't mean she deserves to be forgotten or ill abused in jail.like i said if it had been a cat all hell would have broken loose and this thread would have very different responses.just because mexico treats prisoners badly doesn't mean we should..we are supposed to be better!!