This Wednesday, March 22, Canal+ is broadcasting a series on the Air Cocaïne affair. The opportunity to come back to the protagonists of this extraordinary file.
This Wednesday, March 22, Canal+ returns to the Air Cocaïne affair in a sensational series. In March 2013, a private jet that is about to take off will be stopped by the anti-drug trafficking squad at Punta Cana airport, in the Dominican Republic. On board, 700 kilos of cocaine. Two former French pilots, a business contributor and another person are arrested. Since what became of these four people? Bruno Odos and Pascal Fauret, the two private jet pilots were acquitted on appeal by the special Assize Court of Bouches-du-Rhône.
However, in the Dominican Republic, they are sentenced to 20 years in prison for drug trafficking. Two months after their conviction, they manage to escape by boat. FN MEP Aymeric Chauprade and parliamentary assistant Pierre Malinowski acknowledge in the media that they participated in the exfiltration with a third alleged accomplice, aviation security expert Christophe Naudin. Then they are imprisoned in Marseille. Pending their trial, the two pilots are released, under judicial supervision pending their trial. In April 2019, eighteen years in prison were pronounced against Ali Bouchareb, six years for the pilots Bruno Odos and Pascal Fauret, who continue to claim their innocence.
They always proclaimed their innocence
Eventually, they will be acquitted. “A court decision is good when it tells the truth but it can’t erase the eight years they have just gone through with a wave of a magic wand either”, reacted Maître Antoine Vey, their lawyer. “It’s been eight years of hell for them. They’ve had their families destroyed, their life as a pilot also destroyed, this decision is certainly a form of relief but does not erase the harshness of the ordeal they have just gone through. to cross.”
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On board, 700 kilos of cocaine
On board, 700 kilos of cocaine. Two former French pilots, a business contributor and another person are arrested.
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Two former French pilots, a business contributor and another person are arrested.
In the Dominican Republic, they are sentenced to 20 years in prison for drug trafficking.
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They are sentenced to 20 years in prison for drug trafficking
Two months after their conviction, they manage to escape by boat. FN MEP Aymeric Chauprade and parliamentary assistant Pierre Malinowski acknowledge in the media that they participated in the exfiltration.
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They will be tried in France
Then they are imprisoned in Marseille. Pending their trial, the two pilots are released, under judicial supervision pending their trial. In April 2019, eighteen years in prison were pronounced against Ali Bouchareb, six years for the pilots Bruno Odos and Pascal Fauret, who continue to claim their innocence.
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Both pilots will be acquitted
Since what became of these four people? Bruno Odos and Pascal Fauret, the two private jet pilots were acquitted on appeal by the special Assize Court of Bouches-du-Rhône.
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This case was out of the ordinary
“A court decision is good when it tells the truth, but it cannot erase the eight years they have just gone through with a wave of a magic wand either,” reacted Maître Antoine Vey, their lawyer.
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All the suspects have always claimed their innocence
“It’s been eight years of hell for them. They’ve had their families destroyed, their life as a pilot also destroyed, this decision is certainly a form of relief but does not erase the harshness of the ordeal they have just gone through. to cross.”