Several fires were started on Sunday afternoon in Martinique, in support of Hervé Pinto, a self-proclaimed
“activist”
arrested earlier the same day for having twice violated his judicial control.
A bus, a car, and tires were set on fire at the end of the day very close to a service station and near the Fort-de-France Courthouse
“on the sidelines of ongoing legal proceedings”
, a indicated the prefecture of Martinique in a press release.
Calls had been launched earlier on social networks to support Hervé Pinto.
On videos shared on these same networks, and filmed in front of the various fires, we hear several people shouting
“free Pinto!”
.
On Sunday noon, the Martinique gendarmerie came to arrest Hervé Pinto in Trois-Ilets, in an area to which he was prohibited from going, after being presented to the judge of liberties on Thursday.
A matter of inheritance
The person who presents himself as an activist claims to be the heir to land in the municipality from which he was allegedly robbed and on which a residence was built.
Its residents, intimidated for years by Hervé Pinto and his support group, had taken legal action.
The man is forbidden to approach them, and even the neighborhood in which the residence is located.
Questioned by AFP, the public prosecutor of Fort-de-France indicated that Hervé Pinto had been incarcerated at the Ducos penitentiary center on Sunday evening, after the judge of freedoms had revoked his judicial control.
“Investigations will be carried out to arrest the perpetrators and punish this unacceptable behavior
,” the prefecture said in a press release.
In order to maintain order, the Martinique gendarmerie deployed a squadron to reinforce the police and the police should patrol all night in Fort-de-France, General William Vaquette told AFP, commander of the Martinique gendarmerie.