Instagram Model Who Broke Her Mom Out of Prison Given 7 Years

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The plan to break Instagram model Aída Victoria Merlano Manzanero’s mom out of prison involved using a rope to climb out of a window, a waiting motorcycle, and her 17-year-old brother. What could go wrong? A lot, apparently.

The 22-year-old Colombian influencer, who’s known as Aída Victoria and has millions of followers on social media, was sentenced to more than seven years of house arrest on Tuesday for her role in planning her mother’s escape in 2019. The sentence is the latest twist in one of the strangest cases of political corruption in recent history and has captivated the South American country’s attention.

Aída Victoria’s mother, the similarly named Aída Merlano Rebolledo, appeared to have beaten the odds. In 2019, Merlano Rebolledo became a senator at only 38 years old after rising through the political ranks while raising two children as a single mom. But quickly after her election win, authorities discovered evidence of voter fraud, corruption, and illegal possession of weapons. Less than six months later, a court convicted Merlano Rebolledo of the charges and sentenced her to 15 years in a Colombian prison.