This happened before the town of Pissevin in Nîmes made headlines with the death of Fayed in August 2023. a 10 year old child killed in his uncle’s car, which was mistakenly targeted by gunfire from drug dealers. Collateral victim of a drug war whose first chapter, that of 2020, is being judged by the criminal court in Marseille. “It is the beginning of the war in Pissevin”, summarized, Thursday, December 14, Prosecutor Gaëlle Ortiz faces eight defendants who she described as logisticians, organizers and perpetrators of three shootings in the city. And, “Not to trivialize what happened in Nîmes in 2020, even if the horror was reached last summer”The judge requested prison sentences of between five and thirteen years.
Three times, on January 12th and 26th and on February 10th, 2020, commandos of armed men shot at the Wagner shopping center in the Pissevin district. Dozens of shots were fired in a row, some of them in the Wagner Café, and three people were injured in the third attack. “There were no deaths, it was just luck, but luck should not benefit the defendants.”said the prosecutor.
In this case, investigators were rather lucky when, on February 18, 2020, they discovered a phone hidden in the pocket of 36-year-old Pierre Guest, a criminal from Pissevin, who had been transferred from the prison of Béziers (Hérault). was ) to that of Muret (Haute-Garonne).
Lucky again to get my hands on another one eight days later
Phone in a crashed vehicle and hastily left by its driver. Between the two devices, 500 voice messages trace the exact organization of the three coup attempts in the city of Pissevin.
“I want the manager to be smoked”
The public prosecutor’s office has openly shared the preparations for the attempt to take over the city’s network by Pierre Guest, who was overtaken by former employees on the occasion of his imprisonment in 2017. “I am at war with the people of the ZUP, they stole from me, they stole my apartment, which contained goods worth 95,000 euros.”, we hear him say during a phone call. His intentions are beyond doubt: “I want the manager or the boss to get smoked. »
During these wiretapping measures, one term shocked the prosecutor: that of ” Body “ To name individuals, both the members of the command and the victims, to be killed. “The boys will come with friends, four or five people.”Pierre Guest announces to a correspondent. “This astonishing expression reflects the objectification and contempt for human life, both of the deployed soldier and the victim.”Ton MMe Ortiz.
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