While returning from a party, the TAJ was found in the road on Saturday at 2:05 a.m. local time, with three bullet holes. Emergency services quickly declared his death.
Gisèle Auguste, acting public prosecutor in Cayenne, confirmed that two of the alleged perpetrators, suspected of opening fire on him, are still at large. The judge added, “The circumstances and motives remain unknown at the present time.”
59 homicides in 2023
Two 9mm holsters were found at the site. An investigation was opened and assigned to the Regional Judicial Police Service (STPJ). French Guiana regularly faces gun murders. In 2023, with 59 murders, the Interior Ministry considered the Amazon region, with a population of 300,000, the deadliest region in France.
