An Arizona woman held in a Mexico prison on suspicion of drug smuggling was released Thursday night after court officials dismissed her case.
Yanira Maldonado, who was on her way back to the U.S. with her husband after a funeral, was arrested by Mexican authorities last week after they said they found 12 pounds of marijuana under her seat on a bus.
After a court reviewed security footage showing the Maldonados boarding a bus in Phoenix carrying only bottled water, blankets and a purse, they released the mother of seven and devout Mormon to return immediately to the United States.
