Moroccan Police Uncover Plot to Assassinate Jailed Franco-Algerian Spy

One case can hide another. The investigation into the kidnapping of a Jordanian businessman and acts of torture - loss of his sight - committed against him, reveals that the main accused had tried to assassinate a Franco-Algerian secret agent, who is already serving a 24-year prison sentence and is in a prison cell, thanks to a telephone communication, as well as videos intercepted by the elements of the National Brigade of the Judicial Police (BNPJ) in charge of this case, reports Assabah. The individual was arrested. He would also be behind other crimes. He would have demanded a sum of 400,000 dirhams, in exchange for the release of his victim. During his interrogation, the accused denied the accusations. Confronted with this new evidence, he tried to avoid further questioning about his relations with the Franco-Algerian secret agent by injuring himself.

What is known about the Franco-Algerian secret agent? Already imprisoned after being tried for another case, he had managed to leave France to discreetly join Morocco, thus trying to escape French justice, the daily newspaper informs, specifying that he had initially received a sentence of 20 years in prison. The sentence increases from 20 years to 24 years on appeal last June. The identity of the Franco-Algerian had been mentioned several times in cases involving various mafia network leaders linked to drug trafficking. The individual had also acknowledged that he was working for the French and Spanish foreign intelligence services, it is reported.