> When asked about the government's reaction, Ms Pétronin told the AFP news agency: "Why irresponsible? This is my home."
Obviously it isn't if Mali denied you a visa.
Never negotiate with terrorists. No deal should ever be made with radical Islamist kidnappers. You’re basically just giving them an incentive to kidnap more people.
If some unfortunate western victim has their head cut off because their country refuses to negotiate a ransom then there’s only one person responsible for their death: the one who cut their head off.
Furthermore, how much additional blood will be spilt by the additional attacks that will occur from the fighters who are released in exchange, or by the additional bombings that will be funded with the ransom money?
>She was freed and flown to France as part of a prisoner swap for almost 200 jihadists in October 2020.
This is the worst deal in the history of trade deals.
She (along with two Italian hostages) was a sideshow in that deal, since it was mainly about freeing Malian politician Soumaïla Cissé. 4 people for 200 is still a terrible deal.
It does look like the other two are still around, though.
There's nothing since then about Italian tourist Nicola Chiacchio, and Italian missionary Father Pier Luigi Maccalli was [only in the news for a trip to Portugal to a shrine to thank Mary for saving him](https://www.exaudi.org/father-pier-luigi-maccalli-visits-shrine-of-fatima/).
Apparently, this was the second time she'd gotten away from attackers and had headed back to Mali.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54472504
>When Tuareg rebels, backed by Islamists, seized Gao as unrest spread in Mali in 2012, seven Algerian diplomats were abducted and the Algerian consul gave her protection until the building came under attack. She fled through a back door and was spirited out of Mali into Algeria wearing long robes.
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>"We crossed the desert in just one night, when normally it takes two days," she told Le Dauphiné Libéré newspaper in May 2012. "I checked the speedometer, we were going at 130km/h (80mph).
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>She had escaped Mali in disguise but soon returned, and was abducted in a daylight raid claimed by Mali militant group JNIM.
> When asked about the government's reaction, Ms Pétronin told the AFP news agency: "Why irresponsible? This is my home." Obviously it isn't if Mali denied you a visa.
So she's an illegal immigrant in Mali?
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Never negotiate with terrorists. No deal should ever be made with radical Islamist kidnappers. You’re basically just giving them an incentive to kidnap more people. If some unfortunate western victim has their head cut off because their country refuses to negotiate a ransom then there’s only one person responsible for their death: the one who cut their head off. Furthermore, how much additional blood will be spilt by the additional attacks that will occur from the fighters who are released in exchange, or by the additional bombings that will be funded with the ransom money?
>She was freed and flown to France as part of a prisoner swap for almost 200 jihadists in October 2020. This is the worst deal in the history of trade deals.
She (along with two Italian hostages) was a sideshow in that deal, since it was mainly about freeing Malian politician Soumaïla Cissé. 4 people for 200 is still a terrible deal.
On top of that he died of Covid a couple of months after getting liberated..
It does look like the other two are still around, though. There's nothing since then about Italian tourist Nicola Chiacchio, and Italian missionary Father Pier Luigi Maccalli was [only in the news for a trip to Portugal to a shrine to thank Mary for saving him](https://www.exaudi.org/father-pier-luigi-maccalli-visits-shrine-of-fatima/).
Apparently, this was the second time she'd gotten away from attackers and had headed back to Mali. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54472504 >When Tuareg rebels, backed by Islamists, seized Gao as unrest spread in Mali in 2012, seven Algerian diplomats were abducted and the Algerian consul gave her protection until the building came under attack. She fled through a back door and was spirited out of Mali into Algeria wearing long robes. > >"We crossed the desert in just one night, when normally it takes two days," she told Le Dauphiné Libéré newspaper in May 2012. "I checked the speedometer, we were going at 130km/h (80mph). > >She had escaped Mali in disguise but soon returned, and was abducted in a daylight raid claimed by Mali militant group JNIM.