Yves Langlois (born 1947[1]) a.k.a. Pierre Seguin was a Canadian terrorist and member of the Quebec terrorist group Front de libération du Québec (FLQ), the group responsible for the 1970 October crisis.[2][3] Langlois is one of the men who kidnapped British Trade Commissioner to Canada James Cross.[4][5] Langlois also helped in the kidnapping and killing of Quebec cabinet minister Pierre Laporte who was another victim in the kidnappings.[6][7]

Langlois was arrested in France for possession of illegal firearms and was sentenced to 2 years in prison.[8]

After 11 years of voluntary exile in Cuba and France, he returned to Canada in 1982.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Yves Langlois definition Retrieved April 21, 2011.
  2. ↑ Yves Langlois - WordIQ Retrieved April 17, 2011
  3. ↑ Famous Canadian Criminals Archived July 23, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved April 17, 2011
  4. ↑ Quebec terrorists kidnap trade commissioner Retrieved April 08 2011
  5. ↑ October crisis Archived October 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved April 18, 2011.
  6. ↑ Pierre Laporte
  7. ↑ Ha, Tu Thanh (15 January 2015). "FLQ terrorist convicted of killing cabinet minister Pierre Laporte has died". The Globe and Mail.
  8. ↑ Yves Langlois Archived 2011-10-02 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved April 18, 2011
  9. ↑ "Yves Langlois, the last of five Front de Liberation..." UPI.


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