Emile Dufraisne

**Emile Dufraisne** is a French-Canadian arms trafficker, member of the terrorist organization John Brown's Army, and a former member of the Front de Libération du Québec. He was responsible for the bombing of the Montreal Stock Exchange, the assassination of Vice Premiere of Quebec Pierre Laporte, and the hijacking of a Russian tanker, the RSS Rublev, in the Okhotsk Sea off the Siberian Coast.

## Background

Emile Dufraisne was born in Montreal, Quebec to

## Front de Libération du Québec

While working with the FLQ, Dufraisne was highly commited to the cause of Quebecois independence. He was a liason for the FLQ to access military grade explosives, and provided the material for the Montreal Stock Exchange Bombing on 13, February, 1969.

Emile was active again during the October Crisis, and worked with the FLQ to kidnap Vice-Premiere of Quebec Pierre Laporte, before executing him on 10, October, 1970 and remained with the FLQ until 17, October, before going into hiding. He was protected by the FLQ Manifesto, and participated in meetings with Popular Liberation Movement leader Pierre Vallières and Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau to discuss extradition to Cuba. On 3, December, Emile and four other FLQ terrorists were allowed safe passage to Havana after receiving approval from Fidel Castro.

Despite Vallières cutting ties with the FLQ, Emile and many other member still retained their socialist views, and were granted unofficial membership in the newly founded Parti Québécois. Emile began an international arms trafficker based in the Carribean, who had connections in Europe, the Middle East, and the Mediterranean, and used his earnings to fund the Parti and his other interests in Canada, Russia, and the U.S.

## John Brown's Army

When Emile finally returned to North America, he settled in New York from which he managed his arms dealing business. He began making contacts in the U.S. and Canada, and recruited several sympathizers to his cause.

When he and his allies founded the separatists JBA movement, they attracted followers from around the United States and Canada. They supported socialism and even communism, and opposed capitalism in Russia and the U.S., however, Dufraisne frequently used the group to support his own financial investments.

He employed long time associates Dr. Enrica Villablanca, a member of the Bloc Québécois, Carson Moss, a former FLQ member and arms trafficker, and Stanley Dayton, a hacker and Systems Administrator for the JBA's data and communications.

The JBA seized the RSS Rublev, hijacking the supertanker and eliminating the Russian crew. Emile executed the captain, and his forces assaulted the ship's crew and killed most of them, before throwing the rest into the frozen Okhotsk Sea off the Siberian coast.

When the JBA attempted to bomb a cruise ship off the coast of Cozumel, Mexico, the NSA overheard phone calls between people with known criminal or extremist connections discussing what they deemed a possible threat. The CIA-NSA Third Echelon Program dispatched U.S. Navy SEAL Sam Fisher to disable the bomb, and he successfully prevented the JBA terrorist attack.

## Death

When the Third Echelon Program diverted a task force to the JBA compound in New York, Emile Dufraisne was assassinated, Dr. Villablanca was arrested, Carson Moss and Stanley Dayton were conscripted by the NSA. Emile was ultimately captured and assassinated by Third Echelon operative Sam Fisher.

## Legacy

John Brown's Army still exists today, although in a much more passive capacity. Emile Dufraisne is regarded as a martyr, and his followers are encouraged to follow in his footsteps. His JBA is not still present, but a minor incarnation in New Orleans and Quebec have arisen demanding autonomy for Francophones.

The Bloc Québécois and Québécois Parti both continue to support Quebec Nationalism, and the JBA serves as an example to many Québécois nationalists that militant response is necessary.

## Trivia

* Emile is multilingual and fluent in French, English, & Russian.
* Emile was first in contact with Dr. Enrica Villablanca when he funded her administration in the Bloc Québécois. When he invited her to join the JBA she eagerly traveled to New York to work with him.
* Emile Dufraisne was a prominent arms dealer while he lived as an expat in Cuba, and maintained contacts in the black market after he settled in New York.
* Emile met Carson Moss while negotiating safe passage to Cuba, and the two worked together to traffic weapons through the Carribean, before founding the JBA together.
* He is an idol of the Quebec separatists movement, and has even inspired similar movements in Louisiana.