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| Vanier arrived on the evening of Saturday, April 20, at Toronto's Pearson International Airport |
Vanier had been released before dawn on Friday, April 19,
and sent to an immigration holding facility to work out the details of her
formal deportation.
Her co-accused, Gabriela (Gabby) de Cueto, was released at
the same time and is now
in the United States. A third accused, Danish national Pierre Flensborg, is
expected to be deported from Mexico to Copenhagen on Sunday. A fourth accused,
the Mexican Jose Luis Kennedy Prieto,
remains in prison.
Ms. Vanier arrived via commercial aircraft with her husband Pierre, who has stayed with his wife in Mexico since her arrest in Mexico City on November 10, 2011. Vanier was initially held in a jail in Mexico City before being transferred to a prison in Chetumal, in the state of Quintana Roo on the border with Belize.
There has been a media blackout on the details of her
arrival, though the CBC’s Fifth Estate had been in Mexico with Vanier, and will
likely break further details.
La politica has
been receiving reports from Mexico that Vanier could be detained by the RCMP
upon her arrival in Canada. However, there are no charges pending in Canada
that we are aware of. That said, many
questions remain regarding the involvement of Vanier and engineering giant
SNC-Lavalin in an alleged plot to find a safe haven for the younger Gaddafi.
(TE Wilson is the author of Mezcalero, a Detective Sánchez novel.)
(TE Wilson is the author of Mezcalero, a Detective Sánchez novel.)
For related stories see:
April 20, 2013: Cynthia
Vanier: linking up the emails in the Mexican evidence and the RCMP search
warrant of SNC-Lavalin’s offices
April 19, 2013: Cynthia
Vanier release echoes Cassez case
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