FLQ member Pierre-Paul Geoffroy pleaded guilty to 129 charges of making and placing bombs, conspiracy, theft and possession of dynamite in connection with 31 bombings in the Montréal area. Between 1963 and 1970, the FLQ was involved in over 200 bombings. The group’s actions culminated in the October Crisis of 1970, in which British Trade Commissioner James Cross was taken hostage and Québec Minister of Immigration and Labour Pierre Laporte was kidnapped and then killed.