Moroccan Singer Latifa Raafat Denies Fleeing Country Amid ’Desert Escobar’ Case

To put an end to the rumors, Latifa Raafat explained that she had recently made a trip to Paris to spend a few days of vacation with her daughter and her husband, denying having fled Morocco because of the "Desert Escobar" case. "The one who says that Latifa has fled abroad is right, Latifa has fled, but in the arms of her mother, in her home, in her country, surrounded by her family who loves her," she wrote in the caption of a photo of her and her mother, posted on her Instagram account.

In a previous video, the Moroccan artist clarified her relationship with her ex-husband, the Malian Ahmed Benbrahim, drug baron and main accused in this case that led to the incarceration of several Moroccan personalities including parliamentarians. Latifa Raafat specified that she had only a 5-month relationship with her ex-husband and that she was unaware of the criminal activities of the latter.