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LOS ANGELES - An undocumented immigrant living in South Los Angeles has pleaded not guilty to federal charges for allegedly fabricating a story about being kidnapped by masked immigration officers.

Yuriana Julia Pelaez Calderon, 41, is charged with conspiracy and making false statements to federal officers.

What we know:

The charges against Calderon stem from a story an attorney for her family presented at a press conference on June 30.

The attorney claimed Calderon had been kidnapped on June 25 from a Jack in the Box parking lot in downtown Los Angeles.

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She was then purportedly taken to San Ysidro and presented with voluntary self-deportation paperwork by a U.S. Imm

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