Europe 1 with AFP 14:17 p.m., March 25, 2023

This Saturday, in French Guiana, a gendarme of the GIGN was shot dead while participating in an operation to fight against illegal gold panning. The soldier, aged 35, was operating on the gold panning site of Dorlin, in the center of this overseas territory.

A gendarme of the GIGN was shot dead in Guyana while participating in an operation to fight against illegal gold panning, we learned Saturday from a source close to the file, confirming information from the site Actu17. The soldier, aged 35, was operating on the gold panning site of Dorlin, in the center of this overseas territory, where this illegal activity is a source of significant pollution, said this source.

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