After 18 months behind bars in Mexico, a Canadian woman accused of trying to help the son of late Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi has been released, and her parents hope to be reunited with their daughter in the next two days. Cynthia Vanier was freed from prison Friday morning, said her Toronto lawyer, Peter Downard, who could not give the reasons for her release. Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs did not respond to questions, citing the Privacy Act. Reached in Brampton, Ont., Vanier’s father, John Macdonald, called it “a big day for us.” “We’ve been waiting for 18 months for it,” he said. “I can safely say we’ve got our fingers crossed (we’ll see her) in the next two days.” However, MacDonald said he and his wife, Betty, were on edge for fear something could still happen to send Vanier sent back to the El Cereso prison, in Chetumal, Quintana Roo. “We’re pretty nervous until she’s out of the country,” Betty said. The Macdonalds said they had not yet received a phone call from Vanier. She was released in the pre-dawn hours on Friday, and reportedly taken to an immigration processing centre.