Criminal cases involving Colombian nationals have become increasingly common in the Lyon area. According to the police, these individuals are believed to be mercenaries hired by French drug trafficking kingpins to terrorize or eliminate their rivals.
Date: Monday, February 23, 2026
Time: 9:08 pm (Paris)
14 min read
Lire en français
Subscribers only
In April, a young man was shot in the head in broad daylight in a Lyon suburb. He had been recruited via the messaging app…
Five people in possession of 306 kilograms of gold were arrested on Thursday, shortly after an attack on a precious metals…
The criminal group behind a string of violent kidnappings in France that recently made headlines started this activity as early…
Un engin incendiaire a été jeté contre le portail d’une résidence, à Ecully, dans la nuit de mercredi à jeudi. La police…
NEWS ANALYSIS. During a visit to Colombia, French foreign affairs minister Jean-Noël Barrot unveiled a 'battle plan' to fight…
Robbery in Lyon left five employees slightly injured after explosion in latest high-profile incident to hit country
