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| Florence Cassez to be freed in Mexico | Florence Cassez to be freed in Mexico |
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| A Frenchwoman jailed in Mexico in 2007 for 60 years for kidnapping is to be freed, the Supreme Court has decided. | |
| Florence Cassez had denied the charges and many irregularities have been found in the case, including a staged televised police raid. | Florence Cassez had denied the charges and many irregularities have been found in the case, including a staged televised police raid. |
| Three judges on a panel of five voted to have Ms Cassez released immediately because her rights had been violated. | Three judges on a panel of five voted to have Ms Cassez released immediately because her rights had been violated. |
| The case provoked tensions between Mexico and Paris and French President Francois Hollande welcomed the news. | |
| This was the second time that the Supreme Court had taken a vote on freeing Ms Cassez. | |
| Last March, however, the judges decided against her release, despite acknowledging serious irregularities in the process. | |
| She was arrested in 2005 at a ranch near Mexico City where several hostages were found, but denied knowledge of the kidnappings, in which her former boyfriend was involved. | |
| When first convicted, she was jailed for 96 years, But, in 2009, a court of appeal reduced the term to 60 years. | |
| French authorities tried to extradite her, but the move was blocked by the Mexican government. |