Former President François Hollande became a victim of yet another robbery by Algerians, with the former leader and his wife also being targeted by Algerians in 2020. The latest theft shows that even the most powerful men in the country are not immune to the foreign criminals increasingly trampling on France’s national security.
Two Algerian men, aged 30 and 31, were arrested and charged with organized robbery less than a week after allegedly breaking into the home of Hollande and his wife in Paris on Nov. 22, BFMTV reported.
Various items were stolen, according to authorities, with one watch known to have been later returned to the former president.
The Paris prosecutor’s office has confirmed that two suspects, both born in Algeria, were tracked down by 2nd district police, arrested, formally charged with organized robbery, and placed in pretrial detention on Nov. 28.
A spokesperson for Hollande told BFMTV “that there were few consequences” thanks to the intervention of the police.
It is unclear if Hollande or his wife, actress Julie Gayet, was home at the time of the burglary.
However, it was also not the first time Hollande and his spouse were targeted in a burglary. In fact, it was also an Algerian who was arrested in an attempted robbery case in 2020. In that case, the Algerian entered the home of Gayet while Hollande was in a relationship with her, although Hollande did not own the house directly. Hollenade’s state security reported the incident to police.
France has long suffered various levels of crime and violence from its sizable Algerian community, with tensions between France and radicalized anti-French Algerians on the ground in France, as well as the government of Algeria itself, boiling over in the past year.
Just a month ago, Remix News wrote about two Macron deputies from the centrist Renaissance who called on France to abandon the Franco-Algerian agreement of 1968, given the massive benefits received by Algerians at the French taxpayer’s expense.
National Rally’s Le Pen then celebrated passing a resolution in France’s National Assembly to finally end the abuse of special immigration rules for Algerians.
Remix News has reported on a slew of crimes committed by Algerians, from robbing the elderly at knifepoint to gang rapes, theft, and other obscene violent crimes.
Algerians are constantly in the headlines for sexual assault, rape, and even murder.
In August, a Rhône department prefect highlighted the growing problem with Algerians, telling the press that foreigners are responsible for 60 percent of crimes in his department and that out of these, “at least, if not more, than half are Algerians.”
In one recent brutal incident, a 28-year-old Algerian man was arrested on a European arrest warrant, for the murder of Iraqi Christian activist Ashur Sarnaya.
In April, an Algerian Muslim jihadist was sentenced to life in prison without parole for planting a bomb outside a bakery in Lyon. Mohamed Medjdoub told the court he “has no regrets.”
Earlier this year, Remix also reported on a list compiled by Le Figaro of Algerians in France calling on fellow Algerians to commit acts of violence against French citizens.
