{
  "id": 911900,
  "title": "She pleaded guilty to a drug charge. Then she visited Mexico not knowing she couldn’t return",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/she-pleaded-guilty-to-a-drug-charge-then-she-visited-mexico-not-911900",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-14T21:23:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Associated Press",
    "slug": "associated-press",
    "url": "https://apnews.com/article/california-supreme-court-ruling-plea-deals-e4b5f05d717327bae3559defa5b14393"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Angela Hernandez, a legal permanent resident of the U.S. for 19 years, pleaded guilty to drug charges in Kern County in 2013. She signed a form acknowledging the deportation consequences of her guilty plea, but the California Supreme Court ruled that her understanding of the legal implications was insufficient. The court found that there was a reasonable probability Hernandez would have rejected the plea offer if she had fully understood the consequences. Hernandez, who was 55-years-old at the time of her arrest, had family members in the U.S. and was unaware that she could not return to Mexico after her conviction.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}