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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Angelique Chrisafis in Marseille

‘Narcos have one language – violence’: the activist defying France’s biggest drug cartel after his brothers’ murder

Amine Kessaci, activist, poses against a red wall at campaign headquarters
Amine Kessaci, who is under police protection, hopes the three-week hearing exposes the reality of cartel bosses so powerful they can allegedly order killings from jail. Photograph: Theo Giacometti/The Guardian

At 23, he is one of the most heavily protected people in France, constantly sleeping in different locations to escape the threat of contract killers from the country’s biggest drug cartel.

“Narcos and drug traffickers only have one language, one method: violence,” said Amine Kessaci, a young law student from a Marseille housing estate, who, after the murder of his two brothers, has become the most outspoken voice against the Latin American-style narco gangs expanding their reach across France.

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