French national Florence Cassez is en route for Paris after years behind bars in Mexico.<br/> <br />On Wednesday night, she tasted freedom for the first time after a Mexican court ruled her trial had been tainted and ordered her immediate release.<br/> <br />Cassez was arrested in 2005 and found guilty of being involved in a kidnapping ring with her former boyfriend and Zodiacs gang leader.<br/> <br />She was sentenced to 60 years imprisonment.<br/> <br />Police later admitted to forcing her to participate in a staged scene where officers freed kidnap victims.<br/> <br />Earlier on Wednesday, Supreme Court judges said Cassez's rights had been violated.<br/> <br />Just hours after, she boarded a plane leaving Mexico City and was expected to arrive in France on Thursday.<br/> <br />Her conviction caused a long and bitter diplomatic dispute between Mexico and France where former French President Nicolas Sarkozy demanded her release.
