Mafia, ambush boss Leonardo Rizzuto: shot and wounded in Montreal Leonardo Rizzuto, last heir of the powerful Cattolica Eraclea mafia family, is considered to be at the top of the Montreal mafia
Posted 7 days agoFrom editorial staff Leonardo Rizzuto, son of the boss Vito and last heir of the powerful mafia family originally from Cattolica Eraclea, was shot while he was aboard his Mercedes in the Laval district of Montreal. The man, considered by the investigators to be at the top of the Canadian mafia, is not in danger of life. The ambush took place on Wednesday afternoon along highway 440. The news was reported by the overseas media. At least six shells exploded. Rizzuto, after being shot, would continue to drive for at least another two kilometers before stopping near a funeral home between the Highway 13 service road and Principale Street.
The last sighting of Leonardo Rizzuto in Sicily dates back to the summer of 2019 when he returned to Cattolica Eraclea together with his wife and children and together with his sister Libertina, her husband Benny Sciortino and their children to spend a short holiday. They stayed in a b&b in the historic center of Cattolica Eraclea and then spent another short holiday also at the Verdura Resort in Sciacca.
The history of the Rizzuto family starts from Cattolica Eraclea. The progenitor boss Vito Rizzuto was the first to move to the new continent in 1922. Immediately engaged in criminal affairs, he was killed when he was 32 years old. In February 1954, Nicolò Rizzuto, son of Vito, arrived in Canada. Unlike his father, Nicolò arrived in the land of lakes with his family and immediately headed to the big city of Montreal. For over twenty years, heroin trafficking enriched the Sicilian bosses and it is precisely in this perspective that the Caruana and Cuntrera rose to prominence, coincidentally also coming from the province of Agrigento, Siculiana, only 16 kilometers away from Cattolica Eraclea. In 1966 Vito married Giovanna Cammalleri, originally from Cattolica Eraclea, but moved with her family to Toronto, Canada. The most influential bosses attended the wedding. Nick Rizzuto had the opportunity to build an outpost of the family in Venezuela, where he moved in 1973 and where he was able to take advantage of the support of the Caruana Cuntreras, and in that territory he was at the head of the main businesses. Vito Rizzuto, born in 1946 in Cattolica Eraclea, died on December 23, 2013 in Montreal of natural causes after almost eight years in prison during which his rivals had killed his son Nick Jr and his father Nick.
Today the scepter of command - according to news arriving from Montreal - is held by the tandem formed by Leonardo Rizzuto and Stefano Sollecito. Son of Vito the first, who became godfather; son of Rocco Sollecito the second, who was the shadow of Nicola and Vito Rizzuto.
