American Thao Viet Le, 19, was in France and came to Mexico, where she lived a lavish lifestyle as a party girl by faking her own kidnapping and demanding ransom from her parents.
According to the State Agency of Investigations, the lie fell apart August 29, when the teen was located in the town of Rio Grande, on the coast of Oaxaca. The woman had faked her kidnapping since last January.
In Mexico, she visited Mexico City, Michoacan, Puerto Vallarta, Acapulco and finally Oaxaca, where she arrived in June. There she began to withdraw large amounts of money and, when . . .
