Drug abuse

...ba href=/drug abuse/a/b when she learned that her son, Juan Carlos Banuelos Cabral, had been killed in a roadside bomb attack near the city of Kirkuk on Jan.

31, 2004.

She says her life spiraled even more out of control in the following year as she mourned the loss of her son.

Apparently moved by Cabral's plight when she came before his court in 2005, 2nd District Court Judge Parley Baldwin allowed Cabral to participate in a monitored substance abuse program known as drug court, rather than send her to jail.

Under the watchful eye of the program's counselors, Cabral stayed clean for more than nine months, according to court records.

As the two-year anniversary of her son's death approached, however, she relapsed.

At Thurs- day's hearing, Baldwin looked saddened to see Cabral back in his court.

After sentencing her to prison - the length of her stay there will be Advertisementdetermined by the State Board of Pardons and Parole - he shook his head slightly and sighed.

“I wish you well, ma'am,” Baldwin said.

“You've been given a lot of opportunities and you need to take advantage of some of them.” It is unclear how many more opportunities Cabral will have, in this nation.

A Utah State Prison official confirmed on Thursday afternoon that the 45-year-old woman, who has been in the United States for three decades, still has an immigration hold on her record - prompted by a felony conviction for drug possession.

She will be turned over to U.S.

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