Djibouti: Thirty Years Later, the Truth About the Death of Judge Borrel in the Face of Secrecy

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The murders of French magistrates since the end of the Second World War, there have been only three. Judge Renaud on 3 July 1975 in Lyon, Judge Michel on 21 October 1981 in Marseilles, and Judge Borrel on 18 October 1995 in Djibouti. And it is probably this last crime that remains the most mysterious. Thirty years later, the motive remains uncertain and no one is charged. Are we going to a non-trial? For Élisabeth Borrel, the widow of the murder…