Mexico

The Mexican government announced shocking figures this week, revealing that 26,000 people went missing between 2006 and 2012 - the time that former president Felipe Calderon was in office. This comes just day after Human Rights Watch claimed that the army and the police may have been involved in a number of those disappearances. Taking power three months ago, incoming president Enrique Pena Nieto vowed to put an end to kidnappings - but can he keep that promise?

To fight violence, Mexicans are increasingly taking the law into their own hands, with vigilantes guarding neighbourhoods. Next, in the United States, the government takes rating agency Standard & Poor's to court for its role in the financial crisis. Finally, we take a look at the eventful life of American sniper Chris Kyle, who was killed in Texas this week.

Le Figaro leads on what it says is Hollande's "casse-tête" (puzzle) about plans to introduce a 75 percent tax band on people earning over 1 million euros. The Élysée has denied a report it could scrap the tax band. And all papers report on the return of Florence Cassez to France after seven years in a Mexican jail on kidnapping charges. Le Parisien says questions about her case remain unanswered.

Vindication for Frenchwoman Florence Cassez shows up the flaws of Mexico’s justice system, but was she innocent? Her politically-charged case prompts François Picard’s panel to issue a scathing verdict for the war on drugs policies of Mexico’s former president Felipe Calderon.