What was Fofana charged with?

An accused gang leader charged with kidnapping, torturing and killing a Jewish man in Paris is being extradited to France from Ivory Coast. Ivorian security forces have placed Youssef Fofana, a Frenchman with an Ivorian descent on a military plane in the Abidjan airport Ivory Coast’s President Laurent Gbagbo signed an extradition order. Fofana is believed to have fled from France days after Ilan Halimi was found dying near Parks railroad tracks on February 13th. Halimi was kidnapped by a gang in January.