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Marijuana beneath garys seat and charged him with smuggling. then, they released gary and arrested his wife instead. saying the marijuana was actually under her seat. a mexican state official with extensive knowledge of the case believes maldanado was framed telling cnn she would not have been able to carry twelve pounds of pot onto the bus without being noticed. gary visited his wife over the weekend at the womens jail in nogales where shes being held. >> she just kind of like started jumping u...

Even used drugs let alone sold them and now you think youre being fleeced. this has just got to be infuriating. >> its very upsetting that this happens to innocent people, and from what i hear theres 65% of the people in the federal prisons here are innocent. similar situations like this. >> larry, can you tell me how helpful have been authorities in all of this? this, at some point becomes an international incident. right? so how, how, helpful have the authorities been for you? >> we have conta...

Then afterwards, they released yanira -- excuse me, released gary, and charged yanira with this crime. and then i contacted the consulate in -- in nogales for help, and theyve assisted, and lawyers, recommending lawyers, et cetera. >> all right. gary, you know, were seeing these beautiful wedding photos of you guys. i mean what are you telling the kids? how are they holding up? >> its been tough. it will be better when yanira is free from these unfalsely accusations against her and that shes bac...

An american wife and mother accused of smuggling pot in mexico may find out today if she will go throw. the woman arrested last week as she and her husband, gary, returning by bus from a family funeral. the officials say they found marijuana under her bus seat. maldonado says she was innocent, and a mexican official says she was framed. we asked her husband why someone would set them up? >> its all about giving money here, so the military was the only one there at the checkpoint, so from what i ...

>> can you imagine if airplane passengers were not screened before they boarded a plane and instead they were screened after the plane landed? that makes no sense. it would be unimaginable but thats what the park service, in effect, is doing here, with trips to the statue of liberty. >> park service officials say the plan does not compromise the safety of visitors, or the security of the statue of liberty or on ellis island. updating you on a developing story. an american wife and mother of se...

Gary and larry maldonado thank you so much for being with us. >> youre welcome. >> ahead on "starting point" this morning. thousands of cruisers stranded after a fire on a royal caribbean liner. but the terrifying end to their vacation. the latest and whats being done to get those folks home. [ female announcer ] the best thing about this bar its not a candy bar. 130 calories 7 grams of protein the new fiber one caramel nut protein bar. which shirt feels more expensive?

And holding up. shes not happy where shes at, but she has high hope that shell be free of this falsely accused accusation against her. i got to see her yesterday. >> gary, can you tell me? what do you think happened here? you got on this bus. you were coming back from your wifes aunts funeral. you were going back to the united states on this bus. and what do you think happened here? do you think someone else put a package of marijuana on that on that bus? what do you think happened? >> it was ei...