The public prosecutor estimated on Friday January 21 that the violence that has shaken Guadeloupe for almost three months against the background of contestation of the vaccination obligation was ” perfectly planned and organized “. ” No scene of violence “, including the most recent, ” was not spontaneous according to the public prosecutor. A judicial inquiry has been opened. In the crosshairs of investigators in particular, a police officer accused of being at the origin of numerous operations.
From last November and the first protest riots, the police set up surveillance. The investigators quickly realize that roles are shared between gangs of young people during the attacks. And after a night of particularly intense violence at the end of November, the investigations are intensifying in the greatest secrecy.
Because the involvement of a police officer appears, according to the prosecution. ” We are sure of betrayal “, accuses the prosecutor who even affirms that the man would be at the origin of many operations. It is now placed under warrant of deposit.
In all, eight people, arrested Monday, January 17, are indicted, four are placed in pre-trial detention.
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A monetary goal
For the prosecutor, if the ideological battle against the vaccination obligation as well as the difficulties of the youth remain in the background, the objective of the people involved in this violence was to enrich themselves: by receiving large sums of money from the share of department stores in exchange for the promise not to be targeted by rioters, by putting pressure on local elected officials or by obtaining funds reserved for associations that were created to participate in negotiations to end the crisis.
Friday in court, a hundred people, including local union leaders, were present in support of those brought.
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