Mexican court frees French woman after finding evidence falsified

Florence Cassez during her incarceration in Mexico. (Photo: L’Express)

A French woman has been freed after Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled that evidence against her had been falsified and that her rights has been violated, the BBC reports. Florence Cassez was arrested on kidnapping charges in 2005 and sentenced to 60 years imprisonment. She had served 7 years of that sentence, before the court ordered her immediate release earlier this week.

Read more and watch the BBC report about her release.