Peruvian Woman allegedly arrives in US with $1.2m in fake bills

The Boston Globe reports:

Alejandrina Elsa Quispe Ramirez had allegedly told authorities she was traveling to Shriners Hospital for Children in Boston, so that her son could be treated for burn wounds. But what she had planned, according to the Secret Service, was actually something sinister.

A tip had come from the Peruvian National Police: A woman and her two sons would be traveling to the United States on July 11 carrying a significant amount of US dollars in their luggage, concealed in thread cones, the type of string or yarn spindles used in sewing machines. The Secret Service had recently seized counterfeit US dollars smuggled from Peru in similar fashion.

Secret Service agents confirmed that Ramirez, 47, had been planning to travel on a Cabo Airlines flight to Logan International Airport with two sons, after a quick stop in Panama. The flight was scheduled to arrive in Boston at 6:08 p.m. Monday.

Ramirez, according to a federal affidavit, told immigration officials in a visa application that she was traveling to get treatment for her 17-year-old son, whose visa photo showed severe burns on his face. Shriners officials told the Secret Service that the boy had been treated there in the past, but did not have another appointment scheduled until November.

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