The hunt for Mohamed Amra continues. Several scenarios are on the table, an attack in support of the detainee, a kidnapping staged by the armed commando, or even a flight abroad, none of the three hypotheses has been ruled out.
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- Mohamed Amra is still wanted this Friday, May 17, three days after the attack on two prison vans, in Eure at the Incarville tollbooth, to hide him from the police.
- The National Fugitive Search Brigade (BNRF) and the national anti-gang BRI are deployed. In total, more than 450 police officers and gendarmes were mobilized to find the fugitive and the attackers. The stalking is also digital. Thousands of telephone lines and dozens of surveillance cameras are scrutinized.
- Several experts on organized crime consider that the scenario of an attack carried out in support of Mohamed Amra is not necessarily the most relevant. It is also possible that the attackers released Mohamed Amra to kidnap him. “We have two hypotheses: either they are friends or allies, or they are enemies. Enemies could very well go looking for him for reasons that escape us at the moment,” said expert Thierry this Thursday. Colombié on TF1.
- Interpol has issued a red notice against Mohamed Amra, known as “The Fly”, to seek help from police officers beyond French borders.
- A mission responsible for making proposals “on the transfer and extractions from the prison administration” was launched by the Law Committee of the National Assembly.
- Finally, the possibility of a departure abroad cannot be ruled out. If such a scenario seems delicate due to the effectiveness of international collaboration, it could allow the fugitive to gain time in the hunt. Some people sometimes manage to slip through the cracks.
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09:26 – “The best option for him would be to go abroad”
A difficult escape to pin down. This Friday, Mohamed Amra is still in the wild. “La Mouche” “was able to find a very close local base, in Normandy where he grew up, just as he quickly took the road to Belgium” indicates Jacques Dallest, former prosecutor of Ajaccio and Marseille in the columns of Le Point . The latter therefore does not exclude the possibility of a departure abroad. “The best option for him would be to go abroad, but that requires money, false papers, perhaps dressing up, calling on other support… and therefore, taking the risk to confide in several people. If this lead is not the most likely, it remains, for the moment, on the table, while 450 police officers and gendarmes are mobilized to try to get their hands on the fugitive.
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This Tuesday, two prison administration officers were killed and three were seriously injured during the robbery of two vans at the Incarville tollbooth in Eure. The convoy was transporting a detainee between Evreux and Rouen. This is Mohamed Amra, known as “La Mouche”, a repeat offender and sentenced to 18 months in prison suspended by the Evreux court for burglary, indicates the National Jurisdiction for the Fight against Organized Crime. He is also indicted for murder and attempted murder by an organized gang, carrying a risk of life imprisonment. This Wednesday, May 15, the hunt continues to try to get their hands on the fugitive.
“Means of international cooperation” deployed according to Darmanin
“We have put a lot of resources into finding the person who escaped and the gang that released him in despicable conditions. Means of international cooperation were put in place at the request of the President. I hope, in the days that come to re-appraise the person, that he answers for his actions, and for the gang of murderers” indicated this morning Gérald Darmanin on RTL. “He was not the biggest offender we know of. The killing, the disproportionate means put in place to free this person, do not correspond to the biggest offender we have in our prisons. We will also have to put this person on trial. savagery which affects our society” continued the Minister of the Interior this Wednesday.
The national anti-gang BRI dispatched
The magistrates of the National Jurisdiction for the Fight against Organized Crime (Junalco) opened an investigation for “murder and attempted murder” and “organized gang escape”, entrusted to the Central Office for the Fight against Crime (OCLCO) and the Rouen judicial police. In this hunt, major means are out. National Fugitive Search Brigade (BNRF), national anti-gang BRI and the banditry suppression brigades of Rennes and Nantes are on deck.
The Minister of Justice Eric Dupond-Moretti went to meet the colleagues of the deceased to show them his support, and his determination and that of the State to the idea of capturing “The Fly” – Mohamed Amra – and his accomplices, now considered “public enemies number 1”. For his part, the socialist mayor of Alençon Joaquim Pueyo, former director of the Fresnes and Fleury-Mérogis prisons, assures that “we will have to find solutions to strengthen the security of these escorts. The vehicles, the weaponry, are It is suitable for pump or assault rifles. I believe there are many reforms to be made,” he declared in the columns of Le Figaro.