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Jessica Aristizabal Calrasco: Veronica Torres

Daniel Ricardo Velasquez Dept: The scheduled removal of 19-year-old Jessica Aristizabal Calrasco this week has been postponed until a Milton family court judge settles her custody battle with Daniel Ricardo Velasquez, 21, over 12-week-old Jonathan, according to The Star. Aristizabal, her mother, Claudia; sister Marcela; and aunt, Veronica Torres; arrived in Canada in 2008 via the United States. Her mother claimed a guerrilla group killed her brother, then kidnapped and raped her and her sister-in-law and a failed refugee claimant from Colombia caught in a custody fight with her baby s Canadian father has been granted a reprieve to remain in Canada for now. It s good news, but it is not over. I can t think of being separated from my baby, said the teenage mother, who will try to convince a family judge Friday to deny her ex-boyfriend full custody of the Canadian-born child. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.