Two armed and hooded individuals were arrested during the night from Sunday to Monday in Marseille. They were near the home of a prison officer from Baumettes prison, who had been threatened with death for several days.
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On the night of Sunday December 1 to Monday December 2, two ” young individuals” were arrested near the Baumettes prison in Marseille, in Bouches-du-Rhône. The suspects were also located not far from the home of an executive from the penitentiary establishment who has been receiving threats of death for several days. death France 3 Provence-Alpes details what we know about this affair, revealed by. The Parisian.
A contract launched on the head of a prison executive
The two young men, aged around twenty, who were in a car were arrested during the night by the anti-crime squad. “They didn't stop, they charged and fled. They were hooded and had a handgun and a large knife“, Rudy Manna, spokesperson for the Alliance Police Nationale union, told France 3 Provence-Alpes. The precise intentions of the two individuals are currently unknown, they are currently in police custody.
But, when they were found, the two individuals were also not far from the home of a prison officer. The latter has been the victim of death threats for several days according to The Parisian A contract on his head, worth 120,000 euros, has been circulating on social networks since recently. An investigation was opened by the criminal brigade at the start of the weekend, after this call for murder which also broadcast the address of the agent, specifies the media.
“We are faced with individuals who had the will to go to the end, the handgun was armed, the cartridge was inserted. It was ready to be used“, adds Bruno Bartocetti, head of the SGP Police union.
“Gaby” of the DZ Mafia, alleged sponsor
Still according to the sources of Parisianthis call for murder began after Gabriel O, considered one of the heads of one of the biggest trafficking gangs in Marseille, the DZ mafia, attacked the director of the Baumettes prison. He allegedly contested his conditions of detention. The Friday before the weekend of the arrest of the individuals, he also appeared before a commission, which included the prison staff who were threatened with death. His placement in solitary confinement was then decided.
Also nicknamed “Gaby”, the 29-year-old man is a ex-hitman responsible for recruiting small hands, incarcerated in Baumettes. Presented as the new leaders of the DZ Mafia, Gabriel O., Amine O. and Mahdi Z direct their operations from their respective cells, via their cell phones.
“Gaby” is also implicated in the case of extortion and death threats on cryptic messaging which targets the Marseille rapper SCH, a relative of whom was shot dead by a commando last August in La Grande-Motte .
Several cases of very violent actions have been attributed to them. The trio established a new method of expansion, based on assassinations with young hitmen recruited through encrypted messaging on social networks. The ongoing investigation must establish or not the link between the death threats against the prison officer, Gabriel O and the DZ mafia. Even if many elements “seem to be moving towards the DZ mafia”according to police sources interviewed.
A new raid was also carried out this Monday, December 2 by the Marseille judicial police and the gendarmes against the DZ Mafia. Twenty-one people were taken into custody, including six already detained. This operation took place three months after the death of a relative of Marseille rapper SCH, in a shooting outside a nightclub in Grande-Motte in Hérault.
A worrying “first”
The contract placed on the head of a prison officer “is a first, the levels are crossed, declares Jessy Zagari, regional delegate of FO justice, These threats are very worrying.” For trade unionist Rudy Manna “a new milestone has been reached towards Mexicanization and its gangs“.
Trade unionists, however, remember the assassination of Judge Michel in Marseille, on October 21, 1981, by drug traffickers. The magistrate fought against drug trafficking and the French Connection. “If we go back on that path, anything is possible…“, adds Rudy Manna.
“This is not the first time that officers have been threatened or intimidated inside prisons and sometimes outside, but the situation has been much more violent over the past year. The State really needs to react and additional resources must be put in place“, help Jessy Zagari.
