The turbid criminal case

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The French criminal Florence Cassez
The turbid criminal case
By: Carlos Damián December 08, 2010
The case of Cassez is an intrigue mixture, suspense and espionage
México. – It was going from 6:30 of the tomorrow and the traffic was intensive. In the San Francisco Culhuacan street, almost corner Taxqueña, was them closed a Volvo car "apparently of white color". Descended armed subject two. One of them broke with the cheek of his pistol the window of the Seat of the side of the chauffeur and removes the vehicle to Mena Serrano. The individuals were raised to the car and carried to Valeria to the hind seat. After traveling some blocks abandoned the Seat and rose to the youth to a Van. They covered it with a covers. Ten minutes after she had in a house of security…

13 of September of 2005, Valeria presented an accusation by kidnapping bring face to face the Public Ministry. It was opened thus the previous inquiry PGR/SIEDO/UEIS/190/2005. As part of this, elements of the Federal Investigation Agency (AFI) requested to Valeria that accompanied them to several recognition tours by the zone where perhaps maintained it held. In one of those occasions Valeria saw a Volvo. It is to her "appeared" that perhaps was the car used in its plagiarism, but no longer was of white color, but gray. Then it commented to the agents that the conductor was seemed to the chief of the abductors band. All this occurred in a traveled avenue: Tlalpan Viaducto, to where it is found the deviation to the federal highway Cuernavaca.

Thus by chance, the AFI located to Israel Vallarta, presumed chief of the band of the Zodiac and fiancé of Florence Cassez, French citizen stated to 60 years of prison by the kidnapping offenses, organized delinquency and to bring exclusive uses weapons of the army, and whose contingent movement to hers country based on to it treaty of Strasbourg is analyzed by a commission binational of Mexico and France.

The apprehension
After that the young Valeria Cheja identified the luxury car, Volvo gray color; the agents of the AFI monitored the movements of Vallarta. To him video - recorded and photographed for them. They discovered thus the workshops that had with his brothers in Iztapalapa and they located to the relatives and known that was frequenting. 3 of December presented to him to Valeria the photographs of Vallarta. She recognized it at once to the person that was had kidnapped.

According to the informative document AFI/DGIP/PI/12498/05, to 5:30 A.M. in December 09, 2005 the agent of the AFI that was monitoring the mess Las Chinitas ranch he saw to leave to Vallarta "in company of a person of the feminine sex" in a pickup truck Chrysler white Voyager. They was directed the Mexico City. The agent was communicated by radio with two of their companions that was found in the highway Cuernavaca, in the entry of the Topilejo town.

When Vallarta and his accompanist going through the place, the policemen showed to him stop and were identified as agents of the AFI. The police inform asserts that Israel Vallarta (IV) assaulted them "physical and verbally", but were advanced to him when was going by the long weapon that was bringing in the floor of the car, therefore made these "use of the legitimate force" in order to arrest it. After requested to Florence Cassez (FC) that it accompanied them. She acceded "of way witting".

The agents rose to IV and FC to a Chevrolet Suburban with traffic enrollment 954-RD. In the police document indicates that were directed the offices of the Sub procurator (Department) of Investigation Specialized on Organized Delinquency (SIEDO), and where it is found El Mirador, IV expressed them that had but people kidnapped in Las Chinitas. He said that they had to other kidnapped three and that yes he was not returning would kill them. To be released the plagiarized had by name: Ezequiel Elizalde Flores, Cristina Rios Valladares and Cristian Ramirez Rios, boy. After of the rescue of the kidnapped, the AFI made a recreation assembly to Televisa and TV Azteca.

In their first statement full fear, to be freed They was not remember anything of December 9, 2005, but after that were calmed 14 of February of 2006, the child Cristian Ramirez Rios identified the voice of Florence Cassez, when kidnapped it as to a person with rare accent, upon continuing the child remembering commented that upon removing to him blood, it was not a physician " but a woman, since had seen to her the hand, the one which was very delicate and soft". Ezequiel Elizalde, remembers some data, such as: upon asserting that before recaptured it, "the woman with foreign accent" produced to him a prick in the little finger of the left hand that let to him a small injury. Furthermore it threatened it with sending to him a little gift to his dad" and gave to him to choose between a finger or an ear.

The testimony of Leonardo Cortes Lopez, working of vegetables and fruits in the Federal District. He declared that it saw by television the release of Cristina R. Valladares, and that in that moment recalls that identified to Florence as the woman that "was following her" to his costumer when this was going of purchases. Indicated that on one occasion the "foreign" monitored to Cristina from the Rio White pharmacy, which is found as compared to his local of grocery store, in the corner of the Norte 58-A and Oriente 91 streets. (Revista Proceso, Justicia, p.p. 7-11, April, 5 2009).