Mexican Media: El Paso Teacher Accused Of Smuggling Still In Cereso Prison

Mexican media is reporting that the El Paso school teacher arrested earlier this week during a port of entry drug bust remains locked up at Cereso Prison in Jurez.

Mexican federal authorities said Isela Martinez Amaya, 35, was arrested Thursday after approximately 110 pounds of marijuana were found in a vehicle she was driving.

The bust happened on the Jurez side of the Stanton bridge near downtown El Paso, according to Mexican officials.

A spokesperson for El Paso’s La Fe Preparatory School confirmed late Saturday that Martinez Amaya is one of its educators.

The school is a small campus with grade levels Pre-Kindergarten through third, according to its website.

El Diario de Jurez reported Sunday that Martinez Amaya is a Mexican citizen who lives in Jurez but teaches in El Paso with a special visa.

Mexican media also reported Martinez Amaya was a teacher in the El Paso Independent School District.

An EPISD spokesperson would only confirm to ABC-7 that a person by the same name taught in the district before resigning in 2007.