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4 unusual facts about Paul Barril


Paul Barril

Paul Barril (13 April 1946 in Vinay, Isère) is a former officer of the French Gendarmerie Nationale.

Patrick de Saint-Exupéry, L'inavouable, la France au Rwanda, Les Arènes, Paris.

Barril was involved in several famous affairs, such as the so-called "Irish of Vincennes" and the Elysée wiretap scandal.

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Irish of Vincennes

On 31 October 1985, the French newspaper Le Monde published an article by Edwy Plenel alleging that Captain Paul Barril had "supplied the incriminating evidence" in the Vincennes case.


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