He was on trial for the 2012 murder of two French soldiers by a gang of miners in Guyana.
The Brazilian Ronaldo Lima, known as "Brabo", was sentenced to 130 years in prison by the Brazilian justice, we learned on Monday from a judicial source.
According to the Federal Prosecutor's Office of Amapa, a state bordering Guyana, the sentence was pronounced last Thursday, after 17 hours of judgment.
Soldiers victims of an ambush
"Brabo" was arrested in Macapa, capital of Amapa, a month after the double murder and has since been detained in Brazil.
He was convicted for the murders of Stéphane Moralia and Sébastien Pissot, and 22 other attempted murders.
The alleged leader of the gang, Manoel Ferreira, known as "Manoelzinho", was also supposed to be tried in the same trial, but he died last January in hospital of respiratory failure.
The crimes took place on June 27, 2012, during an operation to combat illegal gold panning in Dorlin (south-west Guyana), in the commune of Maripasoula, the largest commune in France.
Victims of an ambush, Warrant Officer Stéphane Moralia, 28, and Master Corporal Sébastien Pissot, 33, belonging to the 9th Marine Infantry Regiment (Rima), were attacked by men armed with rifles. assault.
Already four miners sentenced in 2016
Sébastien Pissot was killed instantly and Stéphane Moralia seriously injured.
He died a few hours later during his evacuation.
Three other gendarmes were also injured.
In October 2016, four Brazilian gold miners were sentenced to sentences ranging from 18 years in prison to life imprisonment at the Assize Court of Fort-de-France, Martinique.
Two of them, "Brabo" and "Manoelzinho", were absent during this trial, because France has no extradition agreement with Brazil.
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