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Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau imposed martial law on Canada last Oct. 16, following the kidnappings of Laporte and British Trade Commissioner James R. Cross by two separate cells of the FLQ. The law declared illegal membership in the secessionist group or support for its activities or goals...
Laporte was murdered less than two days later. Photograhs released by the FLQ's Liberation cell over the weekend indicate that Cross is still alive...
Lortie's capture and confession mark the first substantive government success in uncovering the membership of the FLQ. Following the invocation ofthe War Measures Act, police arrested only a handful of publicly known FLQ spokesmen and instead cracked down on hundreds of Quebecoises whose activities border on support for the group...
Most of the 400 persons arrested under the act have already been released, but police are still holding about 60 for questioning and arraignment. Three FLQ spokesmen have been charged with "seditious conspiracy," which carries a 14-year prison term and is a criminal offense unrelated to the specific sanctions of the emergency legislation...
Regional Minister of Economic Expansion Jean Marchand said that the FRAP was a "front" that provided "moral support" for the FLQ. He also charged that the underground group was planning to disrupt the municipal elections "by explosions of all kinds and by further kidnappings or even shooting people." Mayor Drapeau joined in the condemnation, claiming that FRAP was "bringing together all the terrorist and revolutionary elements in Montreal." He also stated that "blood would flow in the streets if a party based on socialism were to be elected...