Here's what she said happened to her:
"In October 2023, Garcia and her children fled to the
United States from their home in Ciudad Altamirano,
Guerrero, Mexico, after becoming targets of a criminal
group. One month earlier, Garcia’s husband disappeared without trace or explanation. Garcia reported this
disappearance to local authorities, who failed to investigate
despite her follow-ups. Her husband remains missing.
After learning that her husband had disappeared, two
men showed up at Garcia’s residence. The men told
Garcia’s aunt, with whom Garcia lived, that they were
government officials who wished to speak with Garcia about
her eligibility for financial assistance programs for single
mothers. The men left instructions for Garcia to attend a
follow-up appointment the next day at an office in the city
center.
When Garcia arrived at the office, she was confronted by
four masked men, armed with rifles and wearing vests. They
refused to let Garcia leave. The men told Garcia that they
wanted to “take [her] girl and [her] boy to work with them”
because they knew that Garcia was alone. The men planned
to use her son to sell and traffic drugs, and said that her
daughter might sell drugs or be raped. The men told her that
she had two days to consider their offer or they would kill
Garcia and her children. Garcia went home, collected her
children, and immediately fled, taking a bus to Mexico City.
She left without reporting the incident to the police; she
wanted to “run as far as possible because [she] had fear that
they could kill [her] and [her] three children.” Criminal
organizations in Mexico routinely force adolescents to sell
and transport drugs on their behalf, and adolescent girls are
particularly at risk of sex trafficking.
On November 4, 2023, Garcia and her children entered
the United States through the Nogales port of entry. She
sought asylum upon arrival."