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Cassez case: France and Mexico in a fierce spat
23/02/2011 - THE WEEK IN THE AMERICAS

Cassez case: France and Mexico in a fierce spat

Relations between France and Mexico take a turn for the worse over the Mexican government's refusal's to repatriate Florence Cassez. one year on after that devastating earthquake, Chile's wine industry is still in recovery mode. And finally why "to go where no man has gone been before" will no longer apply to the US space shuttle
MAM slammed!
16/02/2011 - French Press Review

MAM slammed!

FRENCH PAPERS, Wed., 16/2/2011: France's Foreign Minister is in hot soup again! Satirical weekly Le Canard Enchaîné reveals more details about Michèle Alliot-Marie's (or "MAM's") infamous holidays in Tunisia over the New Year. While Tunisia's youth were rising up against Ben Ali, the Foreign Minister's parents, who accompanied her there, were concluding business deals with a businessman "close to the fallen regime". Also, a diplomatic spat between France and Mexico...
Relations between France and Mexico turn icy over Florence Cassez's jail sentence
16/02/2011 - MEXICO

Relations between France and Mexico turn icy over Florence Cassez's jail sentence

The French woman imprisoned in Mexico for being part of a kidnapping gang has lost her final appeal against her sentence. Judges have decided to uphold the 60 year sentence given to Florence Cassez in 2006, despite several requests by French President Nicolas Sarkozy to let her return to her home country. As a result, relations between France and Mexico are becoming increasingly strained.
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IMF Director to be candidate for the French Presidency?
15/02/2011 - THE WEEK IN FRANCE

IMF Director to be candidate for the French Presidency?

He may be riding high in the polls but IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn has not yet thrown his hat into the presidential ring. That's the way the French right would like to keep it. Mexican authorities refuse to send Florence Cassez home, souring diplomatic relations with Paris.
Mexico to shun French festival over Cassez row
15/02/2011 - DIPLOMACY

Mexico to shun French festival over Cassez row

Mexican authorities have announced they will boycott a French festival celebrating Mexican culture after French President Nicolas Sarkozy said the event should be dedicated to Florence Cassez, a Frenchwoman convicted of kidnapping in Mexico.
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Mexico to boycott French festival in Cassez row
15/02/2011 - FRANCE

Mexico to boycott French festival in Cassez row

Mexico's government said it will boycott its "Year of Mexico" celebrations with France Monday amid a bitter row over the repatriation of Frenchwoman Florence Cassez, who is currently serving a 60-year prison sentence on kidnapping charges.
Sarkozy to press Mexico for return of convicted abductor
15/02/2011 - MEXICO

Sarkozy to press Mexico for return of convicted abductor

French President Nicolas Sarkozy says he will press Mexico again to repatriate a French woman who began a 60-year jail sentence for kidnapping in 2006 after her boyfriend was found to be holding three people hostage at their home.
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Frenchwoman appeals kidnapping sentence
15/02/2011 - MEXICO

Frenchwoman appeals kidnapping sentence

Florence Cassez, the 35 year-old Frenchwoman convicted of kidnapping and sentenced to 60 years in prison in Mexico, has appealed her sentence on Monday, her lawyers say. Cassez claims her 2005 arrest was illegal and that it had been staged.
Investigation into possible miscarriage of justice raises hopes for Cassez
22/07/2010 - MEXICO

Investigation into possible miscarriage of justice raises hopes for Cassez

Mexican police have confirmed that a probe has been launched against federal agents responsible for the 2005 arrest of Frenchwoman Florence Cassez (pictured) on charges of kidnapping. Allegations have been made that Cassez’s arrest was staged.
Key testimony against Cassez 'obtained under duress'
04/06/2010 - MEXICO

Key testimony against Cassez 'obtained under duress'

A Mexican man who gave key testimony in the kidnapping case against Frenchwoman Florence Cassez said his statements were obtained though torture, according to court documents obtained by AFP. Cassez is currently serving a 60-year prison sentence.
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