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He later told L"Express that he knew who killed Barka and accused General Oufkir whom he had seen torturing him. On 17 January 1966, before the second trial, Figon was found shot dead in his apartment. Official records ruled death by suicide.
In The Great Heroin Coup by Henrik Kruger, the author claims that Christian David shot and killed Figon.
His involvement in the kidnapping of Mehdi Ben Barka is the plot of the movie J"ai vu tuer Ben Barka (2005).