"We have indicated to the FARC that they are responsible for his life," Foreign Minister Alain Juppe told reporters on Monday.
Juppe added that the group had publicly pledged to end kidnappings and this was an opportunity for it to prove it would keep to its word. He called on them to immediately release Langlois.
The reporter went missing after being caught in a firefight between security forces and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The fight broke out as police and military personnel tried to dismantle drug laboratories in the jungles of Caqueta, southern Colombia.
Deputy Foreign Ministry spokesman Romain Nadal said there had not been a claim of responsibility... read more