Georges Figon

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Georges Figon (died, on January 17, 1966) was a freelance barbouze (French crook)^[1] who arranged the meeting with Mehdi Ben Barka in the Brasserie Lipp. He later told L'Express that he knew who killed Barka and accused General Oufkir whom he had seen torturing him.^[2] On 17 January 1966, before the second trial, Figon was found shot dead in his apartment. Official records ruled death by suicide. In The Great Heroin Coup by Henrik Kruger, the author claims that Christian David shot and killed Figon.

In popular culture

His involvement in the kidnapping of Mehdi Ben Barka is the plot of the movie J'ai vu tuer Ben Barka (2005)

References

↑ Time, Jan. 28, 1966, France: L'Affaire Ben Barka
↑ L'Express, 12/10/2009 "Chronologie de l'affaire Ben Barka"

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