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Louise LancttLouise Lanctt, born March 24, 1947 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, is a convicted terrorist and writer. thumb A political activist for the cause of Quebec independence from Canada, Louise Lanctt was an active member of the radical Rassemblement pour l'indpendance nationale political party that later merged with the Parti Qubcois. She was also a member of the Front de Libration du Qubec terrorist organization and is the sister of convicted terrorist, Jacques Lanctt, and was married to Jacques Cossette-Trudel who joined the Front de Libration du Qubec with her. She is also referred to as Louise Cossette-Trudel. A member of the Liberation Cell, on October 5, 1970, Louise Lanctt along with her brother Jacques Lanctt, Yves Langlois, Nigel Hamer, and Marc Carbonneau put their kidnapping plans into action with the armed abduction of James Cross, the British Trade Commissioner to Canada. Louise Lanctt, with the help of her husband and other members of the "Liberation Cell," will hold James Cross hostage, taking his photo and sending it to police with a list of demands that included money and the release of other convicted terrorists. They advise authorities that Cross will be executed and further threats to Cross' life were delivered to several radio stations along with the terrorists demands. This action was followed by a second kidnapping of Quebec Cabinet Minister and Vice-Premier Pierre Laporte by her Chenier Cell counterparts. Laporte will be abused by his captors and then executed. Early in December of 1970, police discovered the location of Louise Lanctt and her fellow kidnappers holding James Cross. His release was negotiated and on December 3, 1970, Louise Lanctt with her husband and child, plus the three other terrorists, were granted their request for safe passage to Cuba by the Government of Canada after approval by Fidel Castro. Although Louise Lanctt and her terrorist friends who wanted to go to Cuba were exiled from Canada for life, they were later found in France. For four years, Louise Lanctt lived in La Courneuve in le-de-France. Over the years, all of the Front de Libration du Qubec members wanted to return to Canada and began secret negotiations through the reigning government Parti Qubcois to achieve that goal. On October 13, 1977, Quebec Premier Ren Lvesque announced he was considering a request for a pardon for Louise Lanctt and her husband. Eventually, the Federal Government consented. On her return to Montreal on December 13, she pled guilty at trial and was sentenced to two years in jail for her part in the kidnapping. She was freed on parole after serving eight months following which she received Quebec government financial assistance (just like any citizens are elligible to) to attend the Universit du Qubec Montral where she received a degree in communications in 1982 and continued on to doctoral studies in human sciences. Divorced from her husband, during the times when the Parti Qubcois has been in government, she has been employed by numerous Quebec government funded institutions, including as a researcher for the Collge de Maisonneuve, the Universit du Qubec Montral, Sainte-Justine Hospital, Universit de Montral health administration department, and the "Ordre des infirmires et infirmiers du Qubec". The author of several books, Louise Lanctt is member of the Quebec Writers Union. She has never apologized for her terrorist acts and although other high-profile separatists such as Pierre Vallires publicly renounced violence, Louise Lanctt never has. . Lanctt, Louise Lanctt, Louise Lanctt, Louise Lanctt, Louise
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