Father says mother charged with taking kids made previous threats

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WOODSTOCK - A Cary area woman accused of abducting her young children had previously threatened to take them permanently to her native Mexico, her ex-husband told a judge.

Sonia Leon De Carol, 42, did not return to McHenry County on Friday as planned with James, 4, and Andrea, 5. Judge Suzanne Mangiamele approved the trip after Leon De Carol showed a one-year renewal of a lease set to expire in August, her parents’ contact number in Mexico and a printed itinerary, court records show.

A $10,000 arrest warrant for child abduction was issued Tuesday and remained active Thursday morning. An August 2007 court order indicated either parent was allowed to travel with the children, including trips to Mexico, so long as the other parent received at least two weeks notice. Leon De Carol bought the three plane tickets, which cost a total of $1,500, in April.

The children’s father, also named James Carol, objected to this trip initially in light of the swine flu outbreak.

“Additionally, based on prior threats to permanently return to Mexico with the children, [the mother’s] current liquidation of assets, and a belief she may not be employed, [Carol] is concerned [she] may travel to Mexico with the children and not return,” his attorney, Robert Medansky, wrote in a second objection.

The three were scheduled to land in Mexico City on June 6, travel to Juarez, and return Friday.