When he was just 17 he was accused of theft and arrested, after his release a year later in September 1963 he joined the Legion and was sent to Western Sahara.
在他17歲時，他因盗窃被拘捕，在一年的監禁後，他於1963年9月加入了外籍军团，被送往戰況升級的西撒哈拉。