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The Bonnot Gang ( La Bande à Bonnot ) was a French criminal anarchist group that operated in France and Belgium during the Belle Époque , from 1911 to 1912. Composed of individuals who identified with the emerging illegalist milieu , the gang utilized cutting-edge technology (including automobiles and repeating rifles ) not yet available to the French police.
Originally referred to by the press as simply "The Auto Bandits", the gang was dubbed "The Bonnot Gang" after Jules Bonnot gave an interview at the office of Le Petit Parisien , a popular daily paper. Bonnot's perceived prominence within the group was later reinforced by his high-profile death during a shootout with French police in Choisy-le-Roi .
Their story was adapted in cinema in 1969. It also appeared in the popular 70s TV series Les Brigades du Tigre and its cinematographic adaptation made in 2005 with Jacques Gamblin as Jules Bonnot.