Raúl Salinas de Gortari, the brother of former Mexican president Carlos Salinas, was released from prison early on Tuesday after a court cleared him of masterminding the murder of his former brother-in-law.

However, his legal troubles are still not over: he is now facing a summons to appear in a French court later this year to defend himself against money-laundering charges. Mr Salinas had spent more than 10 years in prison and was released once his family had raised bail of almost $3m (€2.5m, £1.7m) to cover the continuing investigation against him in Mexico on charges of illicit enrichment.