2023-05-23 05:38:12
The investigation continues into the death on March 25 in French Guiana of gendarme Arnaud Blanc. Two men suspected of being involved in this tragedy were arrested by the police in Brazil as they tried to flee to this country, the French gendarmerie said on Monday.
These arrests took place on Friday on the Oyapock River, which marks the border between the French department and Brazil, said the command of the gendarmerie of Guyana. “The investigations are continuing, there will surely be other people to hear,” he added. “A request for cooperation is being transmitted between the judicial authorities of the two countries”, continued the same source.
Suspects aged 28 and 32
The suspects, aged 28 and 32, have been remanded in custody in Brazil. “The interception prevented their escape to the Ztats of Para and Maranhão”, explained Charles Corrêa, delegate of the civil police of Oiapoque, a Brazilian city located opposite Guyana on the Oyapock river. The arrest took place as part of Operation Horus, carried out by the police of the two countries to fight against illicit activities on the Franco-Brazilian border, said the French gendarmerie.
Major of the National Gendarmerie Intervention Group (GIGN) Arnaud Blanc, 35, was killed in the town of Maripasoula, during an operation to fight against illegal gold panning. The two new arrests on Friday bring to six the number of suspects apprehended in this case, including the alleged shooter, arrested two weeks after the crime in the same area.
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