Last Stop, Paris
The assassination of Mario Bachand and the death of the FLQ
About Last Stop, Paris
Crime in the national interest
Crime in the national interest I understood that he (DGIS John Starnes) had been directed by them (Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, Solicitor General Jean-Pierre Goyer) to see that the FLQ was put to sleep or,…
The Trap is Set
Basel, Switzerland, the first week of May, 1969. A Renault car heads East along Elsässerstrasse toward St Louis, where it crosses into France, and takes the N66. Destination London, with a stop in Paris. The…
Life and death of Richard Bros and a Mystery in the French Midi
It was my inquiries into the death of Mario Bachand that led to my interest in the death of Richard Bros. There was an oddness to both, which made me suspect that they were related….
Passport to Heaven
As introduced in Blood Simple – the Last Known Address, and Sky with Diamonds, the travels of two DEFLQ members, Normand Roy and Denyse Leduc, are of particular interest. The visa stamps on the misdirected…
Strategy of Tension – Place du Canada
A bomb is found It was 07h16, on the morning of 25 September, 1968, in Montreal, when patrol car 10-5, with officers Leveille and Rioux, received a call from the Centre des communications, and told…
Strategy of Tension: a bomb in Ottawa – mystery, investigation
I understood that he (Starnes) had been directed by them (Prime Minister and Solicitor General Goyer) to see that the FLQ was put to sleep or, you know, that it didn't do its 1970 thing…
The blond assassin
The Blond Assassin My inquiries into the death of Mario Bachand had begun with a moment of serendipity, late one evening in the reading room of Library and Archives Canada. I had been reading testimony…
The Deputy Minister Speaks
Two rules of investigation The first rule of investigation, Anything can happen. The second rule, Anything includes the gifts of Serendipity, a gift that, however small and insignificant it might appear to be, might well…
Map of the Problem Situation
Map of the Problem Situation The assassination of Mario Bachand was one event in a large collection of events, a system. Identifying the killers – those who shot Mario Bachand to death that day in…
Richard Bros – along the banks of the Vidourle
Blood Simple – The Last Known Address of Richard Bros
The misdirected passports that showed up at the wrong post box in Algers made me seriously question the death of Richard Bros, the 22nd of November 1970. The passports were clearly meant for two members…
Sky with Diamonds
On the 22nd of December, 1970, a letter and a package, sent by a Canadian diplomat in Algers, the capital of Algeria, arrived at External Affairs headquarters in Ottawa. The package held two Canadian passports….
The RCMP knows everything
Several months after beginning my enquiries into the murder of Mario Bachand, I was living in Vancouver, returning to Ottawa from time to time to submit requests, at National Archives, under the Access to Information…
The Foreign Delegation in Jordon
In early 1970, Jordon was home to several thousand Palestinian refugees, and therefore to the Palestinian guerrilla movements. The most important of these was the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the PFLP. In…
Hide the Dagger with a Smile
A cover story It is not enough to kill someone, one must conceal the fact, if possible. If not possible, one must construct a narrative to lead investigators astray. An accident; an extremely difficult to…
Quebec government – offensive operations Paris
The document is a page of the notes the Director General of the RCMP Security Service, John Starnes, drafted in preparation before testifying before the McDonald Commission. The note at the top of the page,…
Trouvé mort (Found dead)
The following document, which we will closely examine in subsequent posts, provides rare insight into how the cover story for an assassination, like that of Mario Bachand, is constructed and disseminated. By necessity, the media…
Mario Bachand the Activist
On the afternoon of 16 October 1968, ten thousand students from the University of McGill, CEGEP Vieux-Montréal and l'Ecole des Beaux Arts demonstrate support of striking CEGEP (Collège d'enseignement général et professionnel) students. They march…
The intoxicating Anne Legaré
Robert Comeau and the assassination of Mario Bachand – a matter of deception Des doutes sur deux étudiants québécois Dans son récit, McLoughlin sème le doute quant à une possiblecomplicité, dans l'assassinat, de deux étudiants…
Interview of Mario Bachand
In 1966, Mario Bachand was interview for the program Ni Ange, ni Bête of Radio Canada, Montreal. The interviewer was the well-known and excellent journalist Judith Jasmin. Bachand remarks reveal much about his personality, character,…
The Isdal Woman and Mario Bachand
While conducting research on the Mario Bachand assassination, which lead up with the publication of "Last Stop, Paris", I conducted many interviews, in Canada and abroad. Many were of retired intelligence officers, and others from…
I awoke with a start, the first light of the morning seeping through the curtains. My first thought, "How did I end up in Paris, investigating a 25 year-old unsolved murder?" Karma, foolishness, or both….
Assassination of Mario Bachand and the Seven Veils
There are many mysteries about the FLQ, perhaps the most important being the murder of Mario Bachand in Paris. But there are others. Altogether, there are seven that are of major importance: The killing of…
Media Accounts of the Assassination of Mario Bachand
Journal de Montreal
Andreas Baader André Bissonnette Anne Legaré assassination BfV Bombings CBC Colette Duhaime Cross kidnapping death of Bachand DEFLQ Denis Lamoureux Denyse Leduc FLQ Gilles Neron hit team Inspector Ferraris intoxication investigation Islington John Starnes Journal de Montréal London Louise Beaudoin Marc Lalonde Michel Lambert NDHQ bombing Nigel Hamer Normand Roy PDFLP Pierre-Paul Geoffroy Pierre Bouchard Pierre Charette Pierre Nadeau PM Pierre Trudeau RCMP Richard Bros Salem SDECE Service d'Action Civique Sommières Strategy of Tension Swiss Intelligence Service Sélim Ulrike Meinhof Gudrun Ensslin
Intelligence Service
Isdal Woman
Law and Counterterrorism
Murder Scene
Rules of Investigation
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