Desjardins ended the exchange with: “K lol”

Great sendoff as you sign off on a murder.

By the way, fantastic article. Thanks.

That was a great read. I still can't beliveve Montagna had some people on his side. I mean, he got deported and shortly after he's all over the place making moves, meeting people etc. He had some power but... How did that happen???

He really had no people on his side, his Ontario connections came from Mirarchi and Desjardins in all likelihood. He was simply someone who was willing to capitalize on Rizzuto being gone and the weakened state of his mafia family. Something Desjardins already had in mind to do long before with Giuseppe De Vito. Montagna in all likelihood simply hooked up with members of that group, which is something that's supported in the book, Business or Blood. Di Maulo brought people to him, as well as the Arcuri brothers. So everyone around him, other than maybe Tony Magi, were introduced to Montagna through other people. And again, once Desjardins withdrew his support, Montagna's Ontario connections dissipated, those who stayed with him, which were like four or five guys aside from the Arcuris, guys like Larry LoPresti and Tony Suzuki, were hit after Montagna. Suzuki survived only to be killed years later . But Montagna was the first of his group to die. Those who weren't hit afterwards abandoned his cause.

guys like Larry LoPresti and Tony Suzuki, were hit after Montagna. Suzuki survived only to be killed years later .

Suzuki is still alive. But please continue pulling things out of your ass.

So basically Montagna had little to no influence, any reason why they would work with him though? Perhaps to use him as a cover?

Anyways, all these articles make it seem like Desjardins was the one calling the shots and many people answered to him, did he work under Di Maulo's banner or was he a leader on his own? The guy had some serious power and influence for a non-Italian.

The man was alone in his car when he was shot at least once in the parking lot of the Centre de Dépannage St-Janvier on Victor St. near the corner of Gladu St. about 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday. He was taken to a hospital where he was declared dead, said Sûreté du Québec Sgt. Mélanie Dumaresq.

The SQ is taking charge of the investigation, but have so far not said whether the incident is linked to organized crime.

Because they respected him, initially. Montagna was already known as a messenger between the Montreal members and New York. The authors of Mafia Inc. state in their book that after Montagna settled in Montreal and was introduced to Desjardins that the two decided to work together and conspire against the Rizzuto family.

I haven't seen much evidence to suggest that was he actually working for Di Maulo. But I'm sure that Di Maulo's status helped him to achieve his own.

I can't imagine being a Bonnano meant a whole lot at this time in Montreal. So I'm guessing they just took him on board as an extra body for help because he was already a mobster and knew the game? He probably assumed that he can run them because he had a high rank back in NY and they welcomed him, guess he was wrong.

So then who did he answer to? I understand that prior to all of this Vito was his boss and he was a close associate, but if he ran this crew and flipped on the Rizzuto family, who was giving the orders if not for Di Maulo? Why would Vito kill Di Maulo? Obviously it was either he was the head or one of the leaders of the opposition, or he chose to keep quite and do nothing to stop the war.

[quote=antimafia]There are one or two good photos that accompany the article, which itself is a fine example of crime reporting.

"Les derniers mois de liberté d’un caïd"

http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2016/09/11/les-derniers-mois-de-liberte-dun-caid [/quote


Thanks for the post..but is there anyway to get the article translated?

The first article you posted on this page yesterday, Anti, the one with the photo of Vito Rizzuto sitting on the arm of the chair , laughing and looking down at another man, who's the guy next to him? I'm assuming Joe DiMaulo but not certain.

The first article you posted on this page yesterday, Anti, the one with the photo of Vito Rizzuto sitting on the arm of the chair , laughing and looking down at another man, who's the guy next to him? I'm assuming Joe DiMaulo but not certain. [snip]

I'm not seeing that photo. When I first saved the article in Evernote, the photo at the following URL was saved along with it:

http://storage.journaldemontreal.com/v1/...5&size=968x

Online today, I'm also seeing the photo of just Rizzuto alone.

Are you viewing the article on a mobile? Whether yes or no, do you have the URL for the image you're asking about?