"France will be at the side of the Bulgarian nurses imprisoned for eight years, France will not abandon Ingrid Betancourt, France will not abandon women who are condemned to the burqa, France will not abandon women who don ' have no freedom. France will be the oppressed of the world. " By the evening of his victory, May 6, 2007, Nicolas Sarkozy promised to take care of the French hostages in the world.
Almost immediately held a promise for the Bulgarian nurses held in Libya, returned in June 2007, Cécilia Sarkozy, wife of the second head of state. At enormous concessions, which came with great pomp the Libyan dictator in France, some would say. No matter: the operation is successful image.
Which gives hope to families of other French imprisoned worldwide. Florence's parents are Break of them. On October 25, 2007, they published in the press, a call to Nicolas Sarkozy. "The previous government did not help. (...) With Nicolas Sarkozy, one feels an urge to get things done. (...) We saw that it was active and sensitive.
He handed over the victims at the center of attention. We thought that message, it was for us, "they tell in La Voix du Nord. They are received at the Elysee Palace in the aftermath to tell the story of their daughter Florence. Patron of a store of Calais, this young woman, now aged 36, left France in 2003 for Mexico, where his brother already lives.
She meets a man, Israel Vallarta. Repeatedly condemned, he admitted murder and ten kidnappings. Mexican police suspect him of being the leader of a gang of kidnappers, "Los zodiacos. Cassez denies knowledge of these criminal activities, and said he had always believed that Vallarta was a car salesman.
This confirms that the French left in the dark. They spend a few months together and then separate. Cassez returned to France in early 2005. Then back to Mexico, returning to live with Israel Vallarta. On December 8, 2005, on the eve of elections in Mexico, both are arrested on a highway, and taken by police to the ranch Vallarta.
The police then launched a large staging, pose a false wall, and are bringing in people kidnapped. The next day they call television journalists, who filmed "live" arrest of Vallarta and Break, and the release of "hostages". Recognize a single later the young woman. Arrested, imprisoned, Florence Break succeeds, in February 2006, to intervene in a television phone, Punto de partida.
The young woman told the police staging. A staging recognized directly by the head of the Mexican Federal Police (AFI), Genaro García Luna. For him, it was a "reconstruction requested by the media." Other sources estimate that, in a campaign, it was staged in honor of the police. On June 13, 2006, a victim of kidnapping, Cristina Ríos Vallardares, accused in the press, Cassez to be her abductor, says recognize his voice and said she threatened to kill and mutilate his son.
Counsel for the French girl, He speaks of a plot against Vallarta, which is mixed Eduardo Margolis, a former associate of Florence's brother, Sebastian. After eighteen months of trial, Cassez will be sentenced April 25, 2008, to 96 years in prison for kidnapping, conspiracy, possession of weapons and ammunition.
A reduced sentence in 2009 to 60 years in prison. To his family and his lawyer, Florence Break is the collateral victim of an electoral operation. A version espoused the French press, captivated by the story of this beautiful young woman, but which causes a scandal in Mexico, where televisions have a thesis to support, referring for example a list of names of future victims found on the French, or through the testimony of Cristina Vallardares.
(Read the dossier produced by the images on site @ rrêt) Nicolas Sarkozy follows the issue closely and received several times the parents of Florence Break. After the liberation of Ingrid Betancourt, in July 2008, the French imprisoned in Mexico is becoming a priority for the Elysee. In March 2009, everything accelerates.
On appeal, the penalty is reduced Cassez to sixty years in prison. The Elysee and his lawyer to change strategy. As for the members of Zoe's Ark in Chad arrested for child abduction, it is now not to exonerate Cassez, but to obtain his transfer to France. On March 9, 2009, Nicolas Sarkozy went on an official trip to Mexico.
He deals repeatedly with the case of Florence Break, while reminding her each time "respect the decisions of the Mexican justice": "I'm not here to challenge the decisions of the Mexican justice. I am not a magistrate, I have no standing to challenge them. So I do not dispute. " The Head of State takes care of the sensitivities, meets an association of victims of kidnappings.
Based on the Strasbourg Convention, the Elysée is seeking to have the young woman performs his sentence in France. Mexican President Felipe Calderon agreed to establish a working group on the subject. "Every time there is a French man or woman in the world, which will appeal to the Head of State, my duty is to answer this in the application of international conventions and in respect of the rule of law and Mexican democracy, "said Nicolas Sarkozy.
But these statements do not convince President Calderon. If it seemed favorable to that transfer as a first step, the Mexican president is rapidly reversing, under pressure from the media, following the case closely, and opinion, to whom the case has become a symbol of the fight against crime.
On 12 March 2009, the Mexican president says he has "made it clear to President Sarkozy that France should guarantee that this woman does not take advantage of his transfer to escape the action of the Mexican justice." The Elysee and counsel Cassez decide to increase the pressure on Mexico.
The young woman testifies by phone from his prison to a Canadian radio station. Ingrid Betancourt calls for release of its "sister Florence. While the flu is rife in Mexico, Florence Break "implores" Nicolas Sarkozy to have it transferred. His lawyer suggested the possibility of the International Court of Justice, and involves namely the former head of the federal police, Genaro Garcia Luna, now secretary of public safety, the equivalent of interior minister.
He also mentioned the sister of Israel Vallarta, which could be complicit in his kidnapping and had been taken to Florence Break by witnesses. Family and supporters of the young French multiply interventions in the media. In the Assembly, members repeatedly challenge the government on the issue.
But in Mexico, where the fight against crime and kidnapping is a priority for public opinion, this agitation is misperceived. On 13 May, when the French girl has already been tried, the case bounced with the arrest of a gang member of Vallarta. This testifies for the prosecution against Florence Break, whom he accuses of organizing kidnappings and ransom demands.
He then retract, saying his testimony was extorted from him under torture by the police. While the case is still blocked, the Elysee harden its position. In late 2009, the Presidency, which met six times the family of the young woman, that it is considering an appeal to the International Court of Justice, and communicates on "shadows of the record." Berton I, counsel for Florence Break, also preparing to lodge a complaint against Genaro Garcia Luna to the public prosecutor of Paris.
Front of his family, Nicolas Sarkozy said he was "convinced of the innocence" of Florence Break. Counsel Mexican girl uses a final case: amparo equivalent of a further appeal. Meanwhile, Florence Break publishes a book story (In the Shadow of my life, Michel Lafon). She recalls her telephone conversations with Nicolas Sarkozy and the support of the Elysee.
In April 2010, lawyers for the woman file a complaint against the police officers who staged his arrest, and are subject to an investigation by the Mexican police policies. Nicolas Sarkozy continues to personally monitor the case, and meets regularly with the inmate and his family. In late 2010, the diplomatic pressure eventually give some results: supports emerging in Mexico, including that of the Catholic Church, which refers to "the absolute innocence of the young woman", or that of a former minister of justice.
February 10, 2011, a cold shower for the support of the young woman. The amparo filed by his lawyers was rejected by Mexican judges, his conviction is upheld, and it will serve his sentence in Mexico. Furious, her supporters raise their voices. The UMP Thierry Lazaro denounces "a corrupt justice system in the service of power." With the family, he called for the cancellation of the Year of France in Mexico.
The application generates a diplomatic tension. The Ambassador of France in Mexico is called by the Calderon government, as well as his Mexican counterpart in France. After once again received the family of the young woman, Monday, February 14, Nicolas Sarkozy reiterates his transfer, and criticizes the Mexican government in terms of drives: "We make the difference between the Mexican people, a people deep friend of France, and the attitude of some Mexican officials.
We will not allow more than 60 years this young woman in a prison and I hope that reason will ultimately triumph. " He refuses however to cancel the year of France in Mexico, but he announces that it will be dedicated to Florence Break. For Mexico, it is an affront. The Mexican government regrets the amendment "unilaterally and without consultation" of the terms of this year from Mexico to France.
"In Mexico, as in France, judges are independent," recalled his ambassador in Paris, Carlos de Icaza. "As long as the conditions necessary for the performance of the year of Mexico (...) will not be met, the Government of Mexico will, unfortunately, unable to participate," he concludes.
Break The case turns into a mini-diplomatic crisis. It is brief. Tuesday, February 15, Nicolas Sarkozy, decided to calm things down, asks everyone to "keep his cool." He will hold talks with President Calderon. For its part, Mexico agreed to participate in the ceremony, provided it is in no way linked to Florence Break.
As for his possible return to France, it remains unlikely for now. Samuel Lawrence 
Almost immediately held a promise for the Bulgarian nurses held in Libya, returned in June 2007, Cécilia Sarkozy, wife of the second head of state. At enormous concessions, which came with great pomp the Libyan dictator in France, some would say. No matter: the operation is successful image.
Which gives hope to families of other French imprisoned worldwide. Florence's parents are Break of them. On October 25, 2007, they published in the press, a call to Nicolas Sarkozy. "The previous government did not help. (...) With Nicolas Sarkozy, one feels an urge to get things done. (...) We saw that it was active and sensitive.
He handed over the victims at the center of attention. We thought that message, it was for us, "they tell in La Voix du Nord. They are received at the Elysee Palace in the aftermath to tell the story of their daughter Florence. Patron of a store of Calais, this young woman, now aged 36, left France in 2003 for Mexico, where his brother already lives.
She meets a man, Israel Vallarta. Repeatedly condemned, he admitted murder and ten kidnappings. Mexican police suspect him of being the leader of a gang of kidnappers, "Los zodiacos. Cassez denies knowledge of these criminal activities, and said he had always believed that Vallarta was a car salesman.
This confirms that the French left in the dark. They spend a few months together and then separate. Cassez returned to France in early 2005. Then back to Mexico, returning to live with Israel Vallarta. On December 8, 2005, on the eve of elections in Mexico, both are arrested on a highway, and taken by police to the ranch Vallarta.
The police then launched a large staging, pose a false wall, and are bringing in people kidnapped. The next day they call television journalists, who filmed "live" arrest of Vallarta and Break, and the release of "hostages". Recognize a single later the young woman. Arrested, imprisoned, Florence Break succeeds, in February 2006, to intervene in a television phone, Punto de partida.
The young woman told the police staging. A staging recognized directly by the head of the Mexican Federal Police (AFI), Genaro García Luna. For him, it was a "reconstruction requested by the media." Other sources estimate that, in a campaign, it was staged in honor of the police. On June 13, 2006, a victim of kidnapping, Cristina Ríos Vallardares, accused in the press, Cassez to be her abductor, says recognize his voice and said she threatened to kill and mutilate his son.
Counsel for the French girl, He speaks of a plot against Vallarta, which is mixed Eduardo Margolis, a former associate of Florence's brother, Sebastian. After eighteen months of trial, Cassez will be sentenced April 25, 2008, to 96 years in prison for kidnapping, conspiracy, possession of weapons and ammunition.
A reduced sentence in 2009 to 60 years in prison. To his family and his lawyer, Florence Break is the collateral victim of an electoral operation. A version espoused the French press, captivated by the story of this beautiful young woman, but which causes a scandal in Mexico, where televisions have a thesis to support, referring for example a list of names of future victims found on the French, or through the testimony of Cristina Vallardares.
(Read the dossier produced by the images on site @ rrêt) Nicolas Sarkozy follows the issue closely and received several times the parents of Florence Break. After the liberation of Ingrid Betancourt, in July 2008, the French imprisoned in Mexico is becoming a priority for the Elysee. In March 2009, everything accelerates.
On appeal, the penalty is reduced Cassez to sixty years in prison. The Elysee and his lawyer to change strategy. As for the members of Zoe's Ark in Chad arrested for child abduction, it is now not to exonerate Cassez, but to obtain his transfer to France. On March 9, 2009, Nicolas Sarkozy went on an official trip to Mexico.
He deals repeatedly with the case of Florence Break, while reminding her each time "respect the decisions of the Mexican justice": "I'm not here to challenge the decisions of the Mexican justice. I am not a magistrate, I have no standing to challenge them. So I do not dispute. " The Head of State takes care of the sensitivities, meets an association of victims of kidnappings.
Based on the Strasbourg Convention, the Elysée is seeking to have the young woman performs his sentence in France. Mexican President Felipe Calderon agreed to establish a working group on the subject. "Every time there is a French man or woman in the world, which will appeal to the Head of State, my duty is to answer this in the application of international conventions and in respect of the rule of law and Mexican democracy, "said Nicolas Sarkozy.
But these statements do not convince President Calderon. If it seemed favorable to that transfer as a first step, the Mexican president is rapidly reversing, under pressure from the media, following the case closely, and opinion, to whom the case has become a symbol of the fight against crime.
On 12 March 2009, the Mexican president says he has "made it clear to President Sarkozy that France should guarantee that this woman does not take advantage of his transfer to escape the action of the Mexican justice." The Elysee and counsel Cassez decide to increase the pressure on Mexico.
The young woman testifies by phone from his prison to a Canadian radio station. Ingrid Betancourt calls for release of its "sister Florence. While the flu is rife in Mexico, Florence Break "implores" Nicolas Sarkozy to have it transferred. His lawyer suggested the possibility of the International Court of Justice, and involves namely the former head of the federal police, Genaro Garcia Luna, now secretary of public safety, the equivalent of interior minister.
He also mentioned the sister of Israel Vallarta, which could be complicit in his kidnapping and had been taken to Florence Break by witnesses. Family and supporters of the young French multiply interventions in the media. In the Assembly, members repeatedly challenge the government on the issue.
But in Mexico, where the fight against crime and kidnapping is a priority for public opinion, this agitation is misperceived. On 13 May, when the French girl has already been tried, the case bounced with the arrest of a gang member of Vallarta. This testifies for the prosecution against Florence Break, whom he accuses of organizing kidnappings and ransom demands.
He then retract, saying his testimony was extorted from him under torture by the police. While the case is still blocked, the Elysee harden its position. In late 2009, the Presidency, which met six times the family of the young woman, that it is considering an appeal to the International Court of Justice, and communicates on "shadows of the record." Berton I, counsel for Florence Break, also preparing to lodge a complaint against Genaro Garcia Luna to the public prosecutor of Paris.
Front of his family, Nicolas Sarkozy said he was "convinced of the innocence" of Florence Break. Counsel Mexican girl uses a final case: amparo equivalent of a further appeal. Meanwhile, Florence Break publishes a book story (In the Shadow of my life, Michel Lafon). She recalls her telephone conversations with Nicolas Sarkozy and the support of the Elysee.
In April 2010, lawyers for the woman file a complaint against the police officers who staged his arrest, and are subject to an investigation by the Mexican police policies. Nicolas Sarkozy continues to personally monitor the case, and meets regularly with the inmate and his family. In late 2010, the diplomatic pressure eventually give some results: supports emerging in Mexico, including that of the Catholic Church, which refers to "the absolute innocence of the young woman", or that of a former minister of justice.
February 10, 2011, a cold shower for the support of the young woman. The amparo filed by his lawyers was rejected by Mexican judges, his conviction is upheld, and it will serve his sentence in Mexico. Furious, her supporters raise their voices. The UMP Thierry Lazaro denounces "a corrupt justice system in the service of power." With the family, he called for the cancellation of the Year of France in Mexico.
The application generates a diplomatic tension. The Ambassador of France in Mexico is called by the Calderon government, as well as his Mexican counterpart in France. After once again received the family of the young woman, Monday, February 14, Nicolas Sarkozy reiterates his transfer, and criticizes the Mexican government in terms of drives: "We make the difference between the Mexican people, a people deep friend of France, and the attitude of some Mexican officials.
We will not allow more than 60 years this young woman in a prison and I hope that reason will ultimately triumph. " He refuses however to cancel the year of France in Mexico, but he announces that it will be dedicated to Florence Break. For Mexico, it is an affront. The Mexican government regrets the amendment "unilaterally and without consultation" of the terms of this year from Mexico to France.
"In Mexico, as in France, judges are independent," recalled his ambassador in Paris, Carlos de Icaza. "As long as the conditions necessary for the performance of the year of Mexico (...) will not be met, the Government of Mexico will, unfortunately, unable to participate," he concludes.
Break The case turns into a mini-diplomatic crisis. It is brief. Tuesday, February 15, Nicolas Sarkozy, decided to calm things down, asks everyone to "keep his cool." He will hold talks with President Calderon. For its part, Mexico agreed to participate in the ceremony, provided it is in no way linked to Florence Break.
As for his possible return to France, it remains unlikely for now. Samuel Lawrence
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