Yuriana Pelaez Calderon: South LA woman who claimed she was kidnapped by ICE agents pleads not guilty to federal charges

SOUTH LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A South Los Angeles woman who claimed she was kidnapped by ICE agents pleaded not guilty Friday to federal charges.

Yuriana Julia Pelaez Calderon, 41, is charged with conspiracy and making false statements to federal officers, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

During her arraignment Friday, a trial date of October 21 was set.

An attorney representing Calderon's family held a press conference June 30 to announce the woman had been kidnapped five days earlier at a Jack in the Box restaurant parking lot in downtown Los Angeles and brought to San Ysidro, where she was presented to an ICE staffer and handed voluntary self-deportation paperwork.

The attorney said Calderon had refused to sign the paperwork and demanded to speak to a judge and a lawyer.

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