Israel Vallarta

Netflix documentary series about the Cassez-Vallarta kidnapping case in Mexico: a French woman convicted, a staged arrest, and a justice scandal that fractured Mexico-France relations.

Netflix documentary series about the Florence Cassez–Israel Vallarta kidnapping affair in Mexico, a judicially and diplomatically explosive case first exposed in 2005.

The Vallarta–Cassez case is a Mexican kidnapping prosecution made infamous by a staged televised arrest, a diplomatic crisis between Mexico and France, and nearly two decades of contested justice.

The Florence Cassez affair is a Mexican kidnapping case in which French national Florence Cassez and her partner Israel Vallarta were accused of running a kidnapping ring — but their arrest was staged for live television, tainting the prosecution.