A Trenton woman who spent two years in a Mexican prison until her release in May, 2008, is back behind bars.
Brenda Martin was arrested last night in Trenton and is being held at the Quinte Detention Centre in Napanee aftre Quinte West OPP responded to an incident regarding an intoxicated woman in the common area of a Dufferin Avenue apartment. The 53-year-old woman garnered national attention when she was imprisoned in Mexico for two years for her role in a fraud scheme. After two years behind bars without a trial…she was convicted of money laundering by a Mexican judge in April of 2008. She was released to Canada just days later and granted parole shortly after that. In early December, the National Parole Board slapped tighter restrictions on Martin for “excessive alcohol consumption.”’ She was ordered to attend psychological counselling, stay out of drinking establishments and abstain from drinking. Martin’s prison sentence expires in February, 2011. No date has been set for her parole board hearing.
