A GIGN gendarme was shot and killed in Guyana while taking part in an operation to combat illegal gold panning, according to a source familiar with the matter quoted by AFP, confirming information from the Actu17 site.
The soldier, aged 35, was in operation on the gold panning site of Dorlin, in the center of this overseas territory, where this illegal activity is a source of significant pollution.
Two soldiers were killed and two gendarmes seriously injured in a joint operation between the army and the gendarmerie against illegal gold diggers in Guyana in June 2012.
