Has anyone got any more information on this Lopez-Gomez person? The mother waved a birth certificate in court like it was the Holy Grail, but he has lived since he was 1 yr old until his 16-17 birthday in Mexico. Does he hold a US Passport for his time in Mexico? Did he have a Mexican passport? What ID did he use to cross back into the USA? I am sure this played into what happen, but as usual we get only the sob story part. This is more a reason than any to update US citizen ID's, birth certs and SS numbers are ancient, and open to fraud. One thing I applaud Thailand for is how they handle it here, my daughter at 7 yrs old gets a Thai ID with photo and fingerprint info stored to backup her claim.