More information is being learned about Dara Llorens and who she was throughout the more than 12 years on the run. 
 
 More information is being learned about Dara Llorens and who she was throughout the more than 12 years on the run. 
 
 More information is being learned about Dara Llorens and who she was throughout the more than 12 years on the run. 
 
 More information is being learned about Dara Llorens and who she was throughout the more than 12 years on the run. 
 
 It has been nearly nine years since Sabrina Allen disappeared during a visit to her mother’s home in Austin. Her father, however, is not giving up the search for her. 
 
 It has been nearly nine years since Sabrina Allen disappeared during a visit to her mother’s home in Austin. Her father, however, is not giving up the search for her. 
 
 The image of a smiling Sabrina Allen was taken at an undisclosed location where counselors are helping her adjust to a life which she may not even remember. 
 
 The image of a smiling Sabrina Allen was taken at an undisclosed location where counselors are helping her adjust to a life which she may not even remember. 
 
 The image of a smiling Sabrina Allen was taken at an undisclosed location where counselors are helping her adjust to a life which she may not even remember. 
 
 The image of a smiling Sabrina Allen was taken at an undisclosed location where counselors are helping her adjust to a life which she may not even remember. 
 
 It's been 12 years since Sabrina Allen was kidnapped. Wednesday afternoon, federal and local authorities announced the search for her is finally over. 
 
 "Today is a new day ... a new beginning, a new beginning,” said Austin Police Department Asst. Chief Troy Gay. 
 
 Those words were not lost on Greg Allen, Sabrina's father. 
 
 "This has been a long road, what wound up, happened, is that we just got lucky,” said Allen. 
 
 A room is ready for Sabrina in Greg Allen's Northwest Austin home. While much has remained the same through the years it has gone through some changes, just like his daughter. Renderings show how the cute five-year-old is now a 17-year-old. A father daughter reunion has not yet happened but when it does Greg said it will begin with a simple request. 
 
 "I'm going to ask her if I can give her a hug. She ... she is in pretty bad shape, my understanding,” said Allen. 
 
 The nightmare for Greg Allen began in 2002 when his ex-wife, Dara Llorens did not return from a court order visitation with Sabrina. Several rescue attempts were made over the past few years and despite all the failures Greg refused to give up hope. 
 
 "The last weeks have been quite a roller coaster, are they going to get away again? They've gotten away so many times. But they didn't get away and we are here, and so we're focused on what needs to come next,” said Allen. 
 
 The Tuesday morning undercover operation was launched about four weeks ago when investigators got a tip. That tip led authorities to the small apartment where Sabrina and her mother were living. 
 
 The secret rescue mission took place in a town southeast of Mexico City. By the evening, Sabrina and Dara were on a commercial flight bound for Houston. One of the rescue team leader's, Philip Klein, described the trip home. 
 
 "There were a lot of tears last night, on many sides, whenever you have a fugitive that's been on the run with a child for 12 years, I think the emotions finally let loose,” said Klein. 
 
 Dara Llorens is charged with aggravated kidnapping and was booked into the Travis County Jail. Sabrina has been taken to a special facility to help her adjust to her new life. It's not expected to be an easy transition. 
 
 "My understanding she has been subjected to intense parental alienation and we have a long road ahead of us,” said Allen. 
 
 Sabrina and her mother spent most of time holed up in their apartment, hiding, according to Allen. She did not go to school and Allen said he did not know how they were supporting themselves. 
 
 Greg Allen has remarried and has other children who have never met their older sister. They can't understand why she isn't home yet, and like their father, are desperate to see her. There is no timetable for when that will happen. 
 
 Read the full Warrant of Arrest right here. 
 
 
 
 Visit Findsabrina.org ||||| After 12 years of clinging to hope that his missing daughter would be found safe, a Texas father is now waiting to reunite with the little girl who was taken from him. 
 
 Sabrina Allen, who was 4 when she went missing, was located in a small town southeast of Mexico City on Tuesday, authorities said. 
 
 Now 17, Allen was taken into custody, along with her non-custodial mother, Dara Llorens, and was flown back to Houston late Tuesday, authorities said. 
 
 "I'm going to ask her if I can give her a hug," the girl's father, Greg Allen, said through tears at an emotional news conference today. "She's in pretty bad shape as far as my understanding ... She was not living a regular life. She has not been going to school." 
 
 On April 19, 2002, Llorens allegedly took her daughter for a scheduled weekend visit as part of a court-ordered child custody agreement. 
 
 According to the FBI, Llorens never returned Sabrina to her father, who was her primary guardian, at the end of that weekend. 
 
 Acting on a tip from a confidential informant, Mexican officials worked with a team from private investigator Philip Klein's office to locate Allen and Llorens on Tuesday morning at a small apartment in Tlaxcala, authorities said. 
 
 Llorens was booked into Travis County Jail on an aggravated kidnapping charge. It was not immediately known if she had hired an attorney. 
 
 As Sabrina Allen readjusts to life in the United States, her father said he hopes she has some memories of their time together from before she was taken. 
 
 "I want to know her. She’s a completely different person, but they say personalities are formed by age five," Allen told ABC News' Austin affiliate KVUE in an exclusive interview. "[I'm] hoping she has some memories still.” 
 
 Allen said hiring Philip Klein as a private investigator and setting up a website for tips allowed him to never give up hope that he would one day be reunited with his daughter. 
 
 "Phil told me finding her would be the easy part. Getting her out will be the hard part," Allen said. 
 
 Now that Sabrina Allen is back home, Allen said he's patiently waiting to reunite with the daughter he worked to bring home for 12 years. 
 
 "She needs time to relax and just be a kid," he said. 
 
 ABC News' Dina Abou Salem contributed reporting. ||||| Sabrina Allen (Photo: Family photo) 
 
 AUSTIN -- After a 12-year search, Sabrina Allen has been found in Mexico with her mother. 
 
 According to federal investigators, FBI and U.S. Marshals officials found Sabrina and her mother, 44-year-old Dara Llorens, in a small town southeast of Mexico City. 
 
 Private investigator Philip Klein said in a statement on FindSabrina.org that Llorens was found and placed under surveillance for two weeks in Estafeta Tlaxcala. 
 
 Officials found Sabrina Allen and her mother, 44-year-old Dara Llorens, in a small town southeast of Mexico City. (Photo: APD) 
 
 PRESS RELEASE: Private investigator says Sabrina Allen was found 
 
 Klein said Llorens was taken into custody at 11:32 a.m. Tuesday, and she and her daughter were flown back to the U.S. on Tuesday night, arriving in Houston. 
 
 Llorens was booked into the Travis County Jail on Wednesday on aggravated kidnapping charges. Her bond is set at $300,000. 
 
 Klein said Sabrina, now 17, is undergoing medical evaluations at an undisclosed location. 
 
 Klein said one Mexican federal police officer sustained a minor injury during a struggle when Llorens was arrested. Klein said he is recovering and is in "good condition." 
 
 Missing girl found alive after 12 years KVUE 
 
 Sabrina has not yet been reunited with her father, but Greg Allen said he's been waiting 12 long years for the reunion. 
 
 "I'm going to ask her if I can give her a hug. She, uh, she's in pretty bad shape, is my understanding," said Allen, Sabrina's father. "I'd like to see her now." 
 
 Allen said Sabrina has been subjected to intense manipulation and parental alienation and is meeting with a therapist. 
 
 "I just want to know her," he said. "I remember who she was, and she's a completely different person now." 
 
 Federal investigators believe Llorens, her non-custodial mother, kidnapped the then-4-year-old girl and went to Mexico after a weekend visit with her daughter in 2002. 
 
 "Whether it's 12 years, one month or 20 years, we don't quit, and we don't stop," said FBI Special Agent Dan Powers. 
 
 Allen said while in Mexico, Sabrina didn't go to school and rarely left the small apartment where they lived. 
 
 "That's certainly no way for a child to live their life," Powers said. "Constantly on the run and never having the ability to live a happy and carefree life." 
 
 A confidential informant helped investigators break the case and lead them to the apartment an hour and a half south of Mexico City. 
 
 "I say this for Sabrina and I say this for all the other missing children is that we will not stop until all our resources are expended and we find the children that are missing," said Austin Police Assistant Chief Troy Gay. 
 
 For Allen, it's been a difficult 12 years with numerous trips to Mexico looking for his daughter. He's now remarried with young children at home in Austin. 
 
 "I learned to give myself permission to be happy about something, because, it's like, when you're in that place, the whole world is black, and you can't live that way for long," Allen. 
 
 Now he's ready to for a new beginning with his daughter. 
 
 "Sabrina, I've been looking for you. You don't know how hard. Please, please open up yourself to come home and give us a chance," Allen said. 
 
 On April 29, 2002 a warrant was issued for Llorens' arrest, charging her with Interference with Child Custody, according to the FBI. FBI officials said on May 10, 2002 a federal warrant was issued for Llorens charging her with Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution. 
 
 Allen told KVUE in 2002 that Llorens had threatened to take Sabrina away before, "and she has carried through on her threats," he said. Allen said Llorens has mental health problems and he didn't believe Sabrina was safe with her. 
 
 EARLIER STORY: Greg Allen tells KVUE he won't rest until Sabrina is found 
 
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– Sabrina Allen, a Texas girl who went missing at the age of 4 in 2002, was found alive in a small town southeast of Mexico City yesterday and is now back in the US, the Austin Police Department confirms to ABC News. Private investigator Philip Klein tells ABC that Mexican federal law enforcement, along with the FBI and US Marshals, helped retrieve Sabrina, with a minor injury sustained by one of the Mexican officials. "I am overjoyed that Sabrina has been found alive and is safe," her father, Greg Allen, says in a statement to KVUE. "Our entire family would like to thank the investigators that made this happen. ... They never gave up." While Sabrina, now a teenager, is getting checked out by US doctors, Klein says police have taken a suspect into custody: Sabrina's mother, Dara Llorens, who was found with Sabrina and who is now being held in Travis County Jail. Llorens is alleged to have kidnapped Sabrina from her estranged husband during a weekend visit, notes KVUE; Allen says Llorens had mental health issues and had warned him previously she was going to take Sabrina. Llorens reportedly went to great lengths to escape detection and changed the girl's hair color, according to My Fox 7. She's being held on aggravated kidnapping charges, with bond set at $300,000, KVUE reports. Local police and the FBI are set to hold a news conference later today. (Read about two other kids allegedly taken by people they knew who were happily reunited with family years later.)