Roméo Langlois, 47, is a senior reporter. A graduate of the Paris Institute of Political Studies, he moved to Colombia in 2002 and spent ten years covering the Colombian conflict and Latin American news as a correspondent for Le Figaro and France 24. There, he focused in particular on the FARC guerrilla movement, human rights, and the drug economy, while also collaborating with numerous French media outlets and production companies. In April 2012, while covering combats between Colombian army adn the FARC, he was wounded and taken hostage by the insurgent group, who held him captive for thirty-three days. Colombia: caucght in the crossfire, the film shot during the fighting, won the 2013 Albert Londres Prize. Since 2012, Roméo has been a senior reporter for France 24. His assignments have taken him to Iraq, Syria, Ukraine, Libya, Afghanistan, Haiti, and beyond. Since 2022, he has headed France 24’s Investigations Bureau.