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Mom of boy tied to bush says she was unfairly targeted

The Spring Valley mother who was arrested Tuesday for tying her 4-year-old son to a bush says she was unfairly targeted by the police. Mery Quinde-Castro, an Ecuadorean national, insists she never

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