Three years after a South Florida father allegedly kidnapped his young son with autism and took him nearly 2,000 miles to Canada, he has pleaded guilty to the abduction.

Jorge Morales, 48, was in court Friday to accept a plea deal from prosecutors.

Under the deal, in exchange for pleading guilty, Morales was given a 7-year prison sentence, with credit for time served. After his release, he'll serve 10 years of probation, and must stay away from his kids and their mother. NBC6

Morales has been in jail for the past three years after authorities say he took his then-6-year-old son, JoJo, from his mother’s home and never returned him. The case made international headlines in 2022, when police launched worldwide alerts for the missing boy.

It wasn’t until a tipster recognized the child wi

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