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Mexico: After 20 Years in Prison without Trial, Ex-Companion of Florence Cassez Acquitted

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An emblematic case of the failures of the Mexican justice of the time: if the French woman Florence Cassez was released in 2013, Israel Vallarta, as she stopped during a real staging,

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More than 10 years after his own release, the ex-prisoner called on the one who was still his companion during his arrest to "take advantage of life" and thanked the Mexican president.

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An emblematic case of the failures of the Mexican justice of the time: if the French woman Florence Cassez was released in 2013, Israel Vallarta, as she stopped during a real staging,

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A Mexican judge acquitted Israel Vallarta, who was detained almost two decades without a sentence, accused of leading a gang of kidnappers called ‘Los Zodiaco’. Vallarta was arrested along with Florence Cassez, who was his partner.The case sparked a strong controversy after it was discovered that police authorities had made a televised montage to arrest Vallarta.Governor's secretary, Rosa Icela Rodríguez, confirmed at the morning presidential co…

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On leaving the Altiplano Prison yesterday morning, after nearly 20 years in prison, Israel Vallarta Cisneros accused Luis Cárdenas Palomino, a close collaborator of Genaro García Luna, of trying to bribe him inside the prison and announced that he will make more revelations. Florence Cassez’s former partner was acquitted on Friday of organized crime, kidnapping in the name of 6 people and carrying and possession of a firearm. He assured that Cár…

After the acquittal sentence issued by federal judge Mariana Vieyra Valdez, this morning Israel Vallarta Cisneros was released from prison, after being deprived of his liberty for almost 20 years under the precautionary measure of pretrial detention since December 2005, and without having received any previous sentence. In his morning conference, the [...] The Charge For Israel Vallarta's Release from Prison; Sheinbaum remembered García Luna's m…

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Israel Vallarta Cisneros left El Altiplano prison this Friday after a judge handed down an acquittal and ordered his immediate release after spending almost 20 years in pretrial detention. In statements to the media, Vallarta, arrested on 8 December 2005 together with the French woman Florence Cassez, said that on Thursday night she was informed that she was acquitted of all the alleged crimes that charged her: kidnapping, organized crime and po…

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