ana elizondo made headlines in 2012 after she was kidnapped from a parking lot when she was leaving a night class at the university of texas , pan american .
the psychology graduate student , 27 , was blindfolded and transported through several cars as her abductors made a failed attempt to cross the mexican border .
ana elizondo made headlines in 2012 after she was leaving a class at university of texas , pan american .
she was released unharmed the following day after one of the kidnappers introduced her to his mother who helped her escape to another location .