John Hernandez v. Irma Cardoso

SHADID, Chief District Court Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellant John Erickson Coa-huila Hernandez (“Hernandez”) and Defendant-Appellee Irma Benitez Cardoso (“Cardoso”) are both citizens of Mexico. They met sometime in 2001 and began cohabitating sometime later that year. They resided in Mexico until December 15, 2014. They are the biological parents of two children: A.E., bom in 2008, and M.S., born in 2002.

Cardoso claims to have left Mexico with A.E. and M.S. in December of 2014 to escape abuse from Hernandez and protect the children. Subsequently, Hernandez learned of Cardoso’s location in Chicago,…