Brenda Martin’s Mother Reacts To Guilty Verdict

I know still Brenda is innocent, but we didn’t pay any bribes or play the game, and I still say it was all about that. It was all circumstantial evidence against Brenda. She worked for the man. So what? That’s all the evidence you’ve got? They wanted to let us know who’s boss, but it’s a person’s life at stake.

I still can’t believe it. It hasn’t sunk in.

I found out while I was in my living room with all kinds of media around pointing their cameras at me. They set up a TV monitor in here because I don’t have a TV. I just happened to see it go across the bottom of the screen that she was found guilty. I guess I screamed, though I don’t really remember.

It does soften the blow to know Brenda might be home in a few weeks, but I just worry about Brenda’s fragile state. To be told you’re guilty when you’re not guilty...that’s pretty hard to take.

Brenda had called earlier today and she was just out-of-her-mind hysterical. They wouldn’t let her friend Deb Tieleman in today – the only day she really needed her friend and they didn’t let her in.

What kind of a society is Mexico? I guess we have to realize we’re dealing with a different country. I just hope Canadians and Americans take note of this. This could happen to anyone, and I don’t want this to happen to another family. This has just been devastating.

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I have support around; all kinds of neighbors have been by. I’m looking at a whole container of cookies, and cake…(long sigh) It’s been a long day. The phone started ringing off the hook before 7 a.m. this morning.