Overview
- France’s anti-terror prosecutor opened two judicial investigations: one into an alleged illicit USB delivered to Salah Abdeslam in prison and another into a suspected violent plot tied to his ex-partner.
- Maëva B., 27, was placed under formal investigation in both cases and remanded, while a 20-year-old man and a 17-year-old girl were also charged with terrorist conspiracy and jailed.
- Prison records showed up to four USB connections to Abdeslam’s approved computer in late 2024–early 2025, with paths to ISIS and Al‑Qaida propaganda files; Maëva B. admitted buying, loading and handing over a USB during a visit.
- Salah Abdeslam was twice questioned last week in the USB case and returned to detention the same day each time; the DGSI chief said he is not accused in the external plot though he remains radicalized.
- Abdeslam’s lawyer said he is willing to pursue restorative‑justice contact with interested victims, a sensitive step announced days before national commemorations of the November 13 attacks.