French Minister for Overseas Territories

French Minister for Overseas Territories Minister, Victorin Lurel (2ndL), stands next to General Bernard Metz (L),commander of the Armed Forces in French Guiana and Guiana's prefet Denis Labbe (2ndR), as he pays tribute to two soldiers of the 1st Company of the 9th Marine Infantry Regiment, killed on the eve, on June 28, 2012 in Cayenne, overseas territory of French Guiana. French officials vowed to track down illegal gold miners who killed two soldiers and wounded two gendarmes in an ambush on June 27, 2012 during an operation against clandestine gold prospectors in Dorlin region in the French overseas department of Guiana. The event occurred when the troops were back on the spot where a French army helicopter came under fire. AFP PHOTO JEROME VALLETTE (Photo credit should read JEROME VALLETTE/AFP/GettyImages)