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She Claimed She Was Kidnapped And Raped. Police Say She Lied To Get U.S. Citizenship – And She’s Not The First.

Ashe Schow
She Claimed She Was Kidnapped And Raped. Police Say She Lied To Get U.S. Citizenship – And She’s Not The First.
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A woman who was found naked on the side of the road claiming she had been kidnapped and raped has been charged with making the whole thing up to gain U.S. citizenship.

Alma Duran, 52, claimed in March that she had been kidnapped by a masked man who dragged her into his vehicle, raped her, and forced her to drink an unknown liquid. A driver found the woman lying naked on the side of the road.

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