A judge in Chad on Friday freed three Spanish flight crew members who had been detained for allegedly plotting to kidnap African children from the impoverished central African country, a senior Spanish foreign ministry spokesman told CNN.
The three Spaniards -- a charter airline pilot, first officer, and flight attendant -- were in good condition and with Spanish diplomats in Chad, awaiting a flight back to Madrid later Friday, the spokesman said.
Earlier Friday, the second-ranking official in the Spanish Foreign Ministry, Secretary of State Bernardino Leon, departed Madrid in a government jet bound for Chad. His jet landed in the neighboring country of Niger and, after the confirmation of the Spaniards' release, was due to continue on to Chad's capital to pick them up and return to Madrid, the spokesman said. 
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