The National Anti-Terrorism Attorney (PNAT) reported that four cars were set on fire during recent attacks on arrests in France, which took place last Tuesday night (15). Three of them were in Tarascon prison, while the other belonged to a prison guard of Aix-Luynes in the south of the country.
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France President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday that he intends to punish and track those responsible for the attacks. According to the high -ranking authorities of the French government, the acts took place in response to the government’s efforts to repress drug trafficking.
According to Reuters news agency, PNAT has said it has already opened an investigation for the wave of attacks, which has already affected at least nine prison units and other institutions-including a school for prison officials-which were targeted on Monday and Tuesday nights.
“Some are trying to intimidate our prison officers and attacking (arrests) with unacceptable violence. They will be found, sentenced and punished,” Macron said at X.
Cherchent certain to intimidate in the Personnels Penitentiaires et s’attaquent avec combines violence inadmissible aux Établissements. Ils Seron retreated, Jugés et Punis.
Notre Troisième Force of Sécurité Intérieure Accomplit unit Mission Essentielle…
– Emmanuel Macron (@emmanuelmacron) April 16, 2025
Fighting drug trafficking
The government indicated drug traffickers as possible suspects, but also said this was one of several options that are being investigated.
“There are clearly people trying to destabilize the state through intimidation,” Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin told CNews TV and the European radio 1. “We are taking very firm measures that are leading drug traffickers to react,” he added.
Graffiti lyrics with the inscription “DDPF” – apparently a acronym for “rights of the French prisoners” – were bought in some of the attacks places, which, according to some police sources, could be the work of unknown left -wing groups.
A group of Telegram of the same name, created a day before the incident, is being investigated by police looking for clues about who may be behind the attacks, PNAT and Darmanin said.
Le Parisien also reported that a man suspected of belonging to the group was arrested, but it is still unclear what his role was in the attacks.
The French government has been fighting what they call a cocaine tsunami entering the country, which come from years of imports of South American cocaine to Europe, which transformed local markets, triggering a wave of violence.
Despite the record seizure of the drug in France, gangs are harvesting unexpected profits as they expand traditional power foundations in cities such as Marseille to smaller cities, which are not used to drug market violence.
This content was originally published in cars are set on fire in a new wave of attacks on arrests in France on CNN Brazil.
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