An undocumented immigrant who lives in South Los Angeles pleaded not guilty today to federal charge alleging she invented a story that she was "kidnapped'' at gunpoint by masked immigration officers or bounty hunters and held hostage in a warehouse.
Yuriana Julia Pelaez Calderon, 41, is charged with conspiracy and making false statements to federal officers, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
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At her arraignment in downtown Los Angeles, a trial date of Oct. 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 pr