Mexico Supreme Court orders release of French woman sentenced to 60 years for kidnapping
MEXICO CITY – A Mexican Supreme Court panel has voted to release Florence Cassez, a Frenchwoman who says she was unjustly sentenced to 60 years in prison for kidnapping.
Cassez has become a cause celebre in France, and irregularities in her case strained bilateral relations.
The five-justice panel voted 3-2 to order Cassez released because of procedural and rights violations during her arrest.
Cassez was arrested in 2005 and convicted of helping her Mexican then-boyfriend run a kidnap gang.
Mexican police acknowledged they staged a televised raid depicting the rescue of the hostages and detention of Cassez.
She said she had lived at the raided ranch, but said she did not know the victims were being held there.
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