Daughter held for ransom by smugglers 19 (UPI) -- A Texas mother called police after the smugglers she'd paid to bring her daughter into the United States demanded more money. Amparo Centeno, 40, called Houston police Tuesday to say her daughter, Hidalma, 16, was being held for ransom. Centeno paid the smugglers $6,700 to bring her daughter from Nicaragua. She told authorities her daughter was being held somewhere in the Houston area with as many as 25 others being held for ransom, the Houston Chronicle reported. The woman said she paid $5,000 to have her daughter brought from Nicaragua to Mexico and another $1,700 to have her brought to the United States. But when she showed up at the grocery store parking lot where the smugglers told her to make payment and pick up her daughter, the smugglers demanded another $1,700. The woman said she didn't have any more money and the smugglers left. Centeno, who lives in San Antonio, said she planned to return home and hope to make contact again with the smugglers.