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flag French prisons face violent attacks; government links surge to drug trafficking crackdown.

flag French prisons have been targeted in a series of violent attacks over several nights, with at least nine facilities affected. flag Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau suspects drug traffickers are behind the attacks, in retaliation to the government's crackdown on a surge of South American cocaine into Europe. flag The government plans to open high-security prisons and limit family contact for top drug kingpins. flag A Telegram group called French Prisoner Rights (DDPF) is being investigated, but foreign influence and far-left groups are also considered potential instigators.

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