Yves Langlois (born 1947) a.k.a. Pierre Seguin was a

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terrorist and member of the

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Front de libération du Québec (FLQ), the group responsible for the 1970

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. Langlois is one of the men who kidnapped British Trade Commissioner to Canada

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. Langlois also helped in the kidnapping and killing of Quebec cabinet minister

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who was another victim in the kidnappings. Langlois was arrested in

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for possession of illegal firearms and was sentenced to 2 years in prison. After 11 years of voluntary exile in Cuba and France, he returned to Canada in 1982.

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