Two men jailed for 2022 murder of Argentine rugby player

Image source, Getty Image caption, Federico Martin Ambaru was shot dead in Paris in March 2022

Two men with links to the far-right have been jailed over the fatal shooting of a former Argentine international rugby player in the streets of Paris four years ago.

Federico Martin Aramburu, who played more than twenty matches for Argentina, was killed in a drive-by shooting in 2022 after an early-morning fight broke out in a bar near Boulevard Saint-Germain.

Loik Le Priol, 32, a former soldier who fired the fatal shots, was sentenced to 26 years in jail. Romain Bouvier, 35, who opened fire initially, was sentenced to 19 years in jail.

In a Paris court on Friday, Le Priol asked Aramburu's family for forgiveness as the trial concluded.

"I'm Christian like you, the pope is here today" he said, referring to Pope Leo XIV's visit to France.