His run lasted nearly 10 months but André Bacchiolelli did not escape the clutches of justice.
Arrested in Bastelicaccia, on the outskirts of Ajaccio on Monday, July 5, he escaped a police strike in September 2020.
He was indicted in the case of the assassination attempt against Guy Orsoni and imprisoned, we learned on Tuesday, from a judicial source.
“Mr. Bacchiolelli was indicted on charges of attempted murder in an organized gang, criminal association and concealment in an organized gang.
He was placed under a committal warrant on July 9, ”Marseille prosecutor Dominique Laurens told AFP.
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In this investigation, five people have already been indicted, including the alleged head of the "Petit Bar", Jacques Santoni, on October 1, 2020.
André Bacchiolelli had escaped a police strike, probably benefiting from police leaks
On September 28, 2020, André Bacchiolelli had escaped a police crackdown, just like two other lieutenants of Jacques Santoni, Mickaël Ettori and Pascal Porri, probably benefiting from police leaks.
The man was finally arrested on July 5 without violence on a scooter in Bastelicaccia, on the outskirts of Ajaccio and taken into custody at the search section of the Corsican gendarmerie.
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The owner of the scooter, arrested the same day, was indicted on the count of criminal concealment.
He was placed under judicial control with the prohibition "to go to Corsica and to come into contact with several people known for their belonging to the clan of the + Small bar +", specified the prosecutor.
André Bacchiolelli was wanted as part of the investigation by the Specialized Interregional Jurisdiction (JIRS) of Marseille on the assassination attempt on September 13, 2018 in Ajaccio of Guy Orsoni, son of the former Corsican nationalist leader Alain Orsoni, who is himself prosecuted in various cases of banditry.