The mayor LR d’Alès, Christophe Rivenqreappeared publicly ten days after the demise threats he obtained. Positioned below police safety, he participated within the ceremony of taking workplace of the brand new sub-prefect ofAlèsLucie Roesch, whereas welcoming the help obtained for the reason that begin of this affair.
“I obtained lots of, hundreds of messages of solidarity,” declared the elected official. Remaining discreet within the media in current days, he defined that he was persevering with his “activity”, supported by the inhabitants of this city of 46,000 inhabitants. “There was additionally lots of concern. However safety is high notch and life goes on. We are going to get by means of this,” he added.
Risk from the DZ Mafia and exfiltration by the Raid
Throughout the ceremony, Lucie Roesch thought of that safety points needs to be a part of a extra world strategy. She notably talked about “city renewal, schooling, mobilization in favor of youth, the combat towards poverty”, judging that these topics additionally participated within the response offered in a metropolis like Alès.
On July 16, the mayor obtained an envelope containing two 9 mm caliber bullets in addition to threatening inscriptions on the wall of his property, signed “DZ NG”, to DZ Mafia new era, introduced as a potential break up from the Marseille legal group. He had also been exfiltrated from his home by the Raid after a report of the potential presence of a automotive bomb, data which has not been confirmed.
The DZ Mafia denies any involvement
The investigation, entrusted to the Nationwide Anti-Organized Crime Prosecutor’s Workplace (Pnaco), considerations what the Minister of the Inside, Laurent Nuñezdescribed it as a “venture of violent motion” towards the elected official. In keeping with the Alès prosecutor, Abdelkrim Grini, “the threats, for me, are actual they usually have to be taken severely and severely”, believing that “a critical degree has been reached”. He additionally referred to as for “waging an actual battle towards drug trafficking”.
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Two days after these declarations, hooded folks claiming to be DZ Mafia released a video on social networks to disclaim any involvement of the group within the threats concentrating on Christophe Rivenq. In keeping with the textual content offered, the legal group has been making an attempt to ascertain itself in Alès for the reason that summer season of 2025 with a view to supplant native networks.