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Baby Gabriel's Mom Convicted on Charges Related to Disappearance
By: Fox S.A. Staff 

Three years after he was last seen here in San Antonio, Baby Gabriel's mother has been convicted on charges related to his disappearance.

The Maricopa County jury returned the verdict Thursday against 26-year-old Elizabeth Johnson in the December 2009 disappearance of her then-8-month-old son, Gabriel.

Johnson also was found guilty of custodial interference and conspiracy to commit custodial inference. Jurors couldn't reach a verdict on the most serious charge, kidnapping.

They deliberated for about a day and a half.

Authorities say Johnson told the boy's father that she killed the child and dumped him in a trash bin in San Antonio.

Authorities say she later recanted and told police she gave the baby to a couple at a San Antonio park. She never provided the couple's names.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.Baby Gabriel's Mom Convicted on Charges Related to Disappearance

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Jury convicts former South Texas DA of corruption
May 25, 2013 03:24 GMT

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) -- A federal jury in South Texas has convicted a former district attorney on corruption charges.

Former Cameron County District Attorney Armando Villalobos (vee-yah-LOH'-bohs) was convicted Friday of racketeering, bribery, extortion and other charges. He was acquitted of two counts of extortion.

Villalobos was accused of paying $10,700 to state District Judge Abel Limas to participate in a scheme that unintentionally allowed a convicted murderer to escape. Villalobos was also accused of using his discretion in exchange for cash.

Limas pleaded guilty to racketeering and was one of the main witnesses for the government.

Villalobos is the highest-profile target to stand trial in an FBI investigation into legal corruption in Cameron County. He ran for Congress last year, losing in the Democratic primary.

Villalobos denied any wrongdoing.

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