TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN 9) — A woman accused in the 2018 abduction of her two young children has been extradited from Mexico to face felony charges in Pima County, according to the U.S. Marshals Service

According to the U.S. Marshals Service, 36-year-old Andrea Vanessa Ramirez was returned to Tucson from Mexico City on Thursday and booked into the Pima County Jail.

Ramirez faces several charges, including three counts of kidnapping, molestation of a minor, sexual exploitation of a minor, child abuse with a firearm, and unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.

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Officials say Ramirez and her husband, Luis Alberto Herrera-Ramirez, fled the United States in May 2018 after allegedly assaulting an Arizon

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