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Free After 4 Years in Mexican Prison, Former Oregon Woman Angry at U.S.
 Associated Press
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April 04, 2010
| | Rebecca Roth, a former resident of Lake Oswego, was accused of money laundering in Mexico. She spent years in jail on the charge. | |
Portland — A former Oregon woman who spent four years in a Mexican prison says she had to win her own release with no help from state or federal officials.
Rebecca Roth told The Oregonian she is angry with the U.S. Consulate in Mexico, along with state and federal officials, because nobody offered assistance trying to overturn what she said was a wrongful conviction.
Roth moved from Lake Oswego to Puerto Vallarta in Mexico to overcome problems with asthma and opened a dress shop.
She met a Canadian man, Aly Waage, who claimed to be a billionaire but actually was running a Ponzi scheme that ended up with a 2005 conviction.
Roth was arrested in 2006 when Mexican authorities claimed she was linked to the scheme. But she won her release this week after teaching herself about Mexican law and winning an appeal to a judge.
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