End of course for Loïk Le Priol. The 27-year-old far-right activist was indicted on Friday in Paris for murder before being imprisoned. He is suspected of having, in the company of his partner Lison and his friend Romain Bouvier, shot and killed ex-rugby player Federico Martin Aramburu, 42, on Saturday March 19 in the early morning on Boulevard Saint-Germain. in Paris.
In the box of the judge of detention and freedoms, Le Priol looks like a musketeer, medium-length brown hair and goatee. His lawyer, Me Xavier Nogueras, and the prosecutor obtained the camera. “Loïk Le Priol recognized that what had happened was a tragedy”, underlines his advice, which evokes threats made on the family of the young man, launched by the Basque community and people from the far left movement.
Loïk Le Priol arrived at Roissy airport on Thursday evening. He had been arrested in Zahony (Hungary), when he wanted to join Ukraine to fight. During his hearing before the investigating judge, the young man made no statement. What happened on that tragic morning on one of the most chic boulevards in the capital? It is 6 a.m. when the former Argentinian international and his friend Shawn Hegarty are sitting on the terrace of the Mabillon. For a wrong word, an altercation breaks out with two other customers: Loïk Le Priol and Romain Bouvier. The rugby player grabs Loïk’s hood and puts him on the ground before the bouncer of the establishment separates them.
While the two ex-athletes and associates go up the boulevard towards Saint-Michel, the two ex-militants of the GUD (union defense group) are on the hunt, determined to take revenge. They are both armed with pistols. In front of number 146, a Jeep driven by Lison stops in front of the two victims. Romain, who is in the passenger seat, opens fire. The Priol arises and throws itself on Aramburu. Romain enters the fight. They are two against one. Loïk Le Priol reportedly shot Federico before the trio scattered. Six shots, two of which were fatal. But the weapons used have still not been found by investigators.
The other two suspects already indicted
Loïk Le Priol, 27, a former soldier and militant of the ultra-right movement Groupe Union Défense (GUD), was placed in detention on his arrival Thursday evening at Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle airport on board a flight from Budapest. His formal indictment, he must now appear before a judge of freedoms and detention who will rule on a judicial review or placement in pre-trial detention.
In this investigation, the two other suspects were indicted and remanded in custody. Romain Bouvier was indicted for “murder” and two offenses related to the possession of weapons. Suspected of having also shot Federico Martin Aramburu, he was imprisoned in the prison of Health in Paris. Lison, Loïk Le Priol’s girlfriend, has been indicted for “complicity in murder”.
Filed S for his ultra-right anchorage, Loïk Le Priol is known for his radicalism and his violence. He is due to appear in June, with Romain Bouvier, before the Paris Criminal Court for “aggravated violence” against a member of the GUD, whom they are suspected of having beaten and humiliated with three other members. Under judicial control in this case, the two men were prohibited from entering into contact.