i think the 19 member list of bonnanos was always more held to by american mafia reporters and fbi. for years in media and books canadian mob reporters knew better and tried to say as much but was mostly drowned out. this ties into the overall confusion about the structure and power of the rizzuto crime family...but i digress. in the case of valiquette and i think we can say this continues in mtl, there is a haste to place someone in a cell, faction, crew etc and its almost always based on dated incorrect info. the genesis of whom took out valiquette is a perfect example. first reports all stated that valiquette was murdered on orders of vito rizzuto because he was a close associate of raynald desjardins. with valiquette being french even i agreed that this scenario could make sense. then in weeks after into 2014 the theory changed, valiquette not a desjardins associate but still hit by the rizzutos, to finally info from the scoppa book states valiquette along with tonino callochia had partnered up and stefano sollecito was their connect to the rizzuto faction. the 3rd theory from this book is valiqutte was a bigtime loanshark and in control of 'the book.' scoppa goes on to state collochia and sollecito were borrowing money from him with no intent to pay him back and then had him murdered. it also turns out if we are to believe scoppa that it was valiquette who was behind the attempt on desjardins in sept 2011, an attempt most everyone pinned on either montagna or the remnants of the rizzutos.

as far as what territory specifically i recall from media articles them mentioning that valiquette had territory in R.D.P. he and callochia along with marco pizzi and darrel van elk appear to be working together at this point to import and distribute cocaine. pizzi remains in control of R.D.P. today so we could stretch and say he inherited territory once held by valiquette and callochia. i mention van elk because he met with valiquette the night he was murdered, van elks territory looks to be in west mtl. it is possible valiquette et al were beefing with giuseppe devitos group at that time. devito was imprisoned circa sept 2011 but he had no shortage of men on the street acting for him. R.D.P. was his territory for drug distribution and he was in alliance with desjardins. so a theory could be that upon desjardins rising to the apex of crime in mtl at some point in late 2010 early 2011 he had begun taxing the remaining associates and members left in mtl. valiquette then could have had 2 reasons to take out desjardins, a street tax he didnt want to pay and perhaps valiquette thought with desjardins gone it would help ease things with the devito crew. only possible theories nothing set in stone, early yet 2nd coffee coming up.