El Paso teacher accused of trying to smuggle drugs into the U.S. remains in jail in Juarez,

El Paso teacher accused of trying to smuggle drugs into the U.S. remains in jail in Juarez, and a Mexican judge has ruled that she'll stay there until her case goes to trial.

NewsChannel 9 was there as family, friends and others supporters of Ana Isela Martinez-Anaya waited outside the courthouse in Juarez when the decision came down.

Many of them broke down and started crying. Martinez-Anaya claims someone planted more than 100 pounds of marijuana in the trunk of her car, but the judge said there's not enough evidence to prove that.

He believes she intended to cross the border with the with the load of drugs.

Martinez-Anaya is a teacher at La Fe Prep School in Downtown El Paso.

She used to work in the EPISD, but the district tells us she resigned in 2007.