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Paul Barril, French ‘Supergendarme’ Turned Mercenary, Has Died

12 novembre 2026 à 18:01
After years in elite police units, he drew scrutiny from human rights groups for selling arms and providing other services to unsavory governments. He was 80.

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Paul Barril in 1991. After he left the gendarmerie, or French national police, in the 1980s, he became a security adviser and mercenary provider.
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