A woman has been sentenced to 18 years in the death of an Albuquerque toddler and will likely be deported after serving time.
A judge issued the sentence Friday after Lizy Portillo pleaded no contest to child abuse resulting in death and conspiracy to commit child abuse.
According to the plea agreement, the Mexico native will be forced to serve nine years for the conspiracy charge if she is found back in the U.S.
Prosecutors say Portillo's husband, Christopher Garcia, threw 14-month-old Isaac Arevalos in March 2015 with such force that the child hit the ceiling.
The couple, who were babysitting, failed to call 911.
Isaac died two days later after no brain function was found.
Garcia was sentenced to 34 years of child abuse due to medical neglect.
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