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 of Brazil while they tried to flee to this country, said Monday the French gendarmerie.
The arrests took place 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," the same source continued.
Suspects aged 28 and 32
The suspects, aged 28 and 32, were remanded in custody in Brazil. "The interception prevented their escape to the Ztats of Para and Maranhão," said Charles Corrêa, delegate of the civil police of Oiapoque, a Brazilian city facing Guyana on the Oyapock River. The arrest took place as part of Operation Horus, conducted by the police of both countries to combat illicit activities on the French-Brazilian border, said the French gendarmerie.
The major of the National Gendarmerie Intervention Group (GIGN) Arnaud Blanc, 35, had been killed in the commune of Maripasoula, during an operation to fight against illegal gold panning. Friday's two new arrests bring to six the number of suspects apprehended in the case, including the alleged shooter, who was arrested two weeks after the crime in the same area.
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