Marc Carbonneau (born 29 May 1933) was a member of the

Liberation Cell The Liberation Cell was a Montreal-based cell that was part of Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) revolutionary movement in Quebec whose members were responsible for a decade of bombings and armed robberies in the 1960s that led to what became ...

of the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ). Carbonneau, a taxi driver by profession, was active in left-wing groups in the 1950s and joined the FLQ 15 years later. On 7 October 1969, he participated in protests organized by the Movement de libération du Québec against the Murray-Hill monopoly, which would later be known as the

Murray-Hill riot The Murray-Hill riot, also known as Montreal's night of terror, was the culmination of 16 hours of unrest in Montreal, Quebec during a strike by the Montreal police on 7 October 1969. Background Police were motivated to strike because of diffi ...

. During the

October Crisis The October Crisis (french: Crise d'Octobre) refers to a chain of events that started in October 1970 when members of the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) kidnapped the provincial Labour Minister Pierre Laporte and British diplomat James Cr ...

of 1970, he was part of the

of the Front de libération du Québec that kidnapped British Trade Commissioner

James Cross James Richard Cross (29 September 1921 – 6 January 2021) was an Irish-born British diplomat who served in India, Malaysia and Canada. While posted in Canada, Cross was kidnapped by members of the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) durin ...

. For this, he appeared on Canada's most wanted list on 11 November 1970. In exchange for Cross' release, Carbonneau and the other members of the group were flown into voluntary exile in Cuba. After more than 10 years living in Cuba and later France, he returned to Quebec on 25 May 1981.Louis Fournier, ''F.L.Q.: histoire d'un mouvement clandestin'', Classiques des sciences sociales 4233, Chicoutimi: J.-M. Tremblay, 2010,
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. Carbonneau was charged with four counts related to kidnapping. He first pleaded not guilty, then changed his plea to guilty a few months later. He was sentenced to 20 months in prison and 150 hours of community service, a lighter penalty than that of three other FLQ kidnappers who returned before he did. The sentencing judge outlined mitigating factors: Carbonneau's guilty plea, his renunciation of past actions, his progress in social reintegration, his lack of commitment to the FLQ's ideology, and his age. In February 1956 at the age of 18, he married Huguette Carbonneau. They have four children.

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* 1933 births Living people Canadian kidnappers Liberation Cell members Canadian expatriates in Cuba {{Crime-bio-stub