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(CNN) -- A man honored with rescuing a 6-year-old girl from one professed kidnapper came along Friday to say he namely one undocumented immigrant.
Antonio Diaz Chacon, 23, is originally from Chihuahua, Mexico, and has been alive illegally in the United States for 4 annuals, according to his wife, Martha, who is a U.S. citizen.
Martha Diaz, interpreting for her husband, said the couple are scared of the consequences of coming forward with his immigration status, yet "we know thatif God put us there by the accurate time to be competent to save the little girl -- we know thathe won't quit us at ourselves."
The kidnapping attempt occurred Monday night in southwest Albuquerque while the girl went to a neighbor's house to elect up a package of tostadas. After witnessing the attempted abduction, Diaz got in his truck and chased the van the kidnapper was driving.
Diaz chased the van for several miles before it crashed into a light pole, granting him to arrest up and rescue the girl, police said. He was hailed a hero.
Diaz says he was compelled to reveal his immigration status after facing questions from the medium.
Martha Diaz said the couple had intended to apply for legal residency, but were told they would absence an immigration lawyer.
"We put it off because we knew it would be a lot of money," she said, joining that mortgage remittances and medical bills took priority.
Diaz said Wednesday that he's no hero.
His wife told CNN, "He says everybody is calling him a hero, but he feels he is fair a natural human who did someone for namely little girl that anyone could or ought have done."
Phillip Garcia, 29, has been charged with kidnapping and child damage in the abduction offer, according to police.
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