The alleged killer of a young Bordeaux girl in Guyana arrested in Guyana

The alleged murderer of Alicia Faye, a Bordeaux woman killed in 2021 in Guyana amid drug trafficking, was arrested in Guyana, indicated the attorney general at the Cayenne Court of Appeal, confirming information from the newspaper France-Guyane.

On the run for two years in Guyana and under a European arrest warrant issued by Interpol, Dane Langhorne, a 29-year-old Frenchman, was arrested on October 11 in the suburbs of Georgetown, capital of this small South American country. “He was arrested during an operation mounted by the Guyanese security forces with whom we have been working on this case for several months,” declared Attorney General Joël Sollier.

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Sentenced to 30 years of criminal imprisonment in his absence

In June, Dane Langhorne was sentenced in his absence to 30 years of criminal imprisonment by the Cayenne Assize Court for the murder of Alicia Faye, a key figure in cocaine trafficking between Guyana and France. Since his release from prison in 2024 for procedural violations, he has been on the run in Guyana.

In financial difficulty, Alicia Faye, 25, made a first trip to Guyana in February 2021 on behalf of a Bordeaux trafficker. A month later, the young woman made her second round trip between Gironde and the overseas department, commissioned to buy 2 kilos of cocaine. Less than 24 hours after her arrival in Guyana, she was killed by a gunshot to the head in Cayenne.

Dane Langhorne was the last to see her alive after picking her up from her hotel. “The arrest of Dane Langhorne changes the situation” for a new trial, reacted to AFP Me Michaël Beulque, lawyer for the Faye family. “My clients' approach has always been the search for truth and not punishment. They were frustrated with this default court ruling,” he added. In the absence of the main suspect, neither the motive nor the sequence of events could be established at the hearing. A new trial should be held in the presence of Dane Langhorne, provided that the extradition procedure for this French national is successful. “It is underway,” said Attorney General Joël Sollier on Thursday, “confident” about its outcome despite the absence of a mutual legal assistance agreement linking France and Guyana.