Loïk Le Priol, 30, and Romain Bouvier, 33, belonging to extreme right movements, and already convicted of violent acts in the pastare accused of having “voluntarily killed Federico Martín Aramburu,” indicated the Prosecutor’s Office. They fired “several projectiles at him with a firearm, in vital areas and behind him (…) with premeditation,” accurate.
They must also appear for aggravated violence at a meeting and with a weapon against Shaun Hegartya former rugby player who accompanied the victim that day, and for possession of weapon.
Defense of the accused and others involved in the case
“The judges did not consider the existence of any racist or political circumstance,” stressed Le Priol’s lawyers, Xavier Nogueras and Pierre-Henri Baert. They also highlighted “the numerous violations of investigative secrecy that have plagued the procedure and fueled a completely fanciful presentation of this case.” They also announced that they will appeal the decision, believing that his client “defended himself against a violent attack, which was not questioned in the procedure.”
They will also be judged Lyson R., Loïk Le Priol’s partner, present during the eventsfor complicity in murder, and another man from 35 years old, suspected of helping Romain Bouvier in his escape. “The qualifications of murder and complicity in murder indicated by the prosecution and now by the investigating judges correspond to the terrible reality of the events and are the exact legal translation,” Yann Le Bras, who represents the family, reacted to AFP. of the old rugby player.
Murder of former rugby player Federico Aramburu
On the morning of March 19, 2022, Martín Aramburu, 42 years oldwas with Hegarty in a bar located on Boulevard Saint-Germainin the center of the French capital. In the evening, they planned to go to the Stade de France for the match between France and England in the Six Nations Tournament. After an altercation with Loïk Le Priol and Romain Bouvier, the two athletes left the scene on foot. The far-right militants followed them and both shot the former Puma in two different locations, mortally wounding him. They fled after the act. “The two shooting scenarios of Romain Bouvier and Loïk Le Priol are actually part of a single scenario of violence, which is the launching of a premeditated project“, estimated the prosecution in its final request.
Le Priola former navy commando and member of the recently dissolved far-right Groupe Union Défense (GUD) movement, was arrested a few days later in Hungary while heading to Ukraine. Bouvierformer law student at the Assas University of Paris, was arrested in the Sarthe regionsouthwest of the capital.
During the process, Le Priol claimed that he had acted in self-defense. Bouvierthe one who shot first, He denied any intention to kill the former rugby player and said he had fired “deterrent shots towards the ground”.
Federico Martín Aramburu, player in France for the clubs Biarritz (2004-2006), Perpignan (2006-2008) and Dax (2008-2010), was capped 22 times with Argentina. After his sporting career, he lived in Biarritz, in the south of France, where he worked in the tourism sector.
Source: Ambito
