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Jacques Lancttright Jacques Lanctt (born November 5, 1945, Montreal, Quebec, Canada) was an important member of the Quebec terrorist group the FLQ. Lanctt joined the Front de Libration du Qubec (FLQ) group in 1963 at the age of 17 and was involved in several violent demonstrations in Quebec during the 1960s along with his sister, Louise Lanctt. In 1968, Lanctt, a member of the FLQ's Liberation cell, met Paul Rose, leader of the Chnier Cell. As a member of the Liberation Cell of the FLQ he was partners with: Lanctt was involved in the kidnapping of the British High Commissioner, James Richard Cross, on October 5, 1970, sparking the October Crisis. Lanctt and his group held 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 FLQ members. The Liberation Cell advised authorities that Cross will be executed and further threats to Cross' life were delivered to several radio stations along with the FLQ demands. On October 10, their counterparts in the Chnier Cell kidnapped the Quebec Government's Labour Minister, Pierre Laporte, who shortly thereafter was found strangled to death and stuffed in the trunk of a car. On December 3, 1970, Lanctt and the four other known FLQ members who had kidnapped James Cross negotiated his release in exchange for a flight to Cuba. Cross was unharmed and reported being well treated by his captors. Later, he secretly left Cuba and went to live in Paris, France. Jacques Lanctt returned from exile in Paris on January 11, 1979. He was arraigned in Court and released on bail pending his trial. He was also charged with the February 1970 conspiracy to kidnap Moshe Golem, the Israeli trade commissioner to Canada. He was sentenced to one year in jail for these crimes. After serving his sentence he reentered Quebec society and became a successful book publisher. Lanctt, Jacques Lanctt, Jacques Lanctt, Jacques
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