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"I have faith in God, in my lawyers, in my family and in justice, she said
The country's largest television network Televisa has said it was studying the possibility of hiring Trevi to act in a soap opera
In May, Trevi claimed police forced her to have sex with Andrade and her lawyer said Trevi would marry a Brazilian diplomat to avoid extradition
In 2001, Trevi became pregnant while jailed and claimed she had been raped by a high-ranking Brazilian police officer
Her return to Mexico is almost certain to contain the mix of overwrought supermarket-tabloid hype that marked her rise to fame and fall from grace But federal police claimed she artificially inseminated herself while in prison in an attempt to stay in the country
Trevi rose to fame in the 1980s with a sexually flamboyant and politically rebellious image
Trevi said life would be better for her in Mexico than in Brazil in her last public comments to reporters after leaving her jail cell Thursday in Brasilia, the nation's capital
Trevi in November said she would no longer fight extradition, and asked to be returned to Mexico to defend herself She talked of someday running for president and released a series of nude calendars that poked fun at Mexican politics
Trevi, who conceived a child in a Brazilian jail and vowed to avoid extradition by marrying a Brazilian diplomat, even had a finale
In the past, foreigners in Brazil avoided extradition by having a child in Brazil because the child was a Brazilian citizen
Trevi's departure was put on hold Friday as Mexican authorities apparently concerned about the singer's security insisted she travel home on a government jet even though an agreement called for her to fly on a commercial plane "She only wants to solve her situation in Mexico and then come back
The Brazilian Supreme Court authorized the trio's extradition in December 2000, but for the last two years defense attorneys have used every legal maneuver available to overturn the ruling
Prosecutors in Mexico's Chihuahua state accuse Trevi, Andrade and Portillo of corrupting a 17-year-old girl whose parents turned her over to their care when she was 12 for musical training
But on Saturday, Magela suggested Brazil could end up as home for the singer if she resolves her legal troubles
When the impasse was finally resolved, Trevi carried her 10-month-old son to board her plane, smiling and waving to dozens of journalists snapping photos 200 yards away
While stranded in Sao Paulo, Trevi was guarded by Brazilian authorities in the offices of the federal police official in charge of the airport But the law was changed before Trevi got pregnant "
18, she objected to having DNA tests performed
The decision by Mexico to send a private jet to Brazil was also criticized in Mexico, where lawmakers said Trevi's security wasn't worth the plane's $5,000-an-hour price tag
"Her intention is to live in Brazil," he said
Trevi, her ex-husband Sergio Andrade and backup singer Maria Raquenel Portillo were arrested in Rio de Janeiro in January 2000 at the request of Mexican authorities on charges of abducting and raping teenage girls in their care
Her departure was held up for two days by a diplomatic standoff over terms of her extradition, leaving her stranded in Sao Paulo's international airport under close guard by Brazilian police She didn't have an opportunity to speak with reporters before boarding a commercial flight, but human rights officials accompanying Trevi denounced Mexican authorities for trying to change Trevi's travel plans Trevi Leaves Brazil to Face Charges
Dec 21, 12:49 PM EST
After a three-year odyssey in Brazil, Mexican pop star Gloria Trevi left Saturday for Mexico to face charges at home in a sex-abuse case involving teenage girls seeking stardom After ordering the tests, Brazilian authorities determined the father was Andrade
Trevi, fearing reprisals for denouncing corruption in Mexico, thought a commercial flight would be safer, said her Brazilian attorney, Geraldo Magela The girl abandoned a baby in Spain in 1998, saying Andrade was the father
When the singer gave birth to her baby Angel Gabriel on Feb They called for an investigation into why the plane was called at the last minute |