Hey Ciment how are you doing that has been a long time!

It's very possible their roots are in the same village, but if it's Calabria or Puglia could be a mistake.

Hi Hollander
It's been over three years. I am doing good thanks for asking. Hope everything is fine with you too.
I had remembered that they mentioned Del Balso was Calabrese in the old article I posted but journalists have made mistakes before; you can never be 100% sure.

Thanks Ciment this is why I thought Del Balso is Calabrian.

I'm doing alright nice to see you back!

Even Nicolo Rizzuto wasn't sure from where this businessman was from I believe his last name is Carbone but that name you can find all over Italy lol.

Mafia montréalaise : un 3e suspect épinglé pour la tentative de meurtre sur Leonardo Rizzuto |
https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2...entative-de-meurtre-sur-leonardo-rizzuto

^^^^
Un second suspect arrêté
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/...rdo-rizutto/un-second-suspect-arrete.php

Article has been updated. Suspect’s name is Steve Emmanuel Barthélémy.

So it seems the SQ has an idea of who the shooter and driver are; and that these two were in the same vehicle:

La SQ arrête un deuxième suspect lié à la tentative de meurtre sur Leonardo Rizzuto
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvell...e-meurtre-arrestation-2e-suspect-enquete

Leonardo Rizzuto attempted murder: third arrest made
https://montreal.citynews.ca/2023/05/01/rizzuto-attempted-murder-third-arrest/

VitoCahill , I like your analysis on the different Italian cells existing in Montreal and surrounding areas and I also agree with Mafia 101 that cell 1&2 being together for now but the rest of the remaining cells seem to be plausible. I also understand things are pretty complicated out there in Montreal and you can only theorize based on information given to us by the media assuming that it is correct. In which cell would you add the three Padula brothers or would they run their own ?

https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2...rouve-larme-a-feu-utilisee-par-le-tireur


Attempted murder of Leonardo Rizzuto: Police find gun used by shooter

The investigation into the attempted murder that Montreal Mafia co-boss Leonardo Rizzuto survived in mid-March continued to make strides on Wednesday afternoon as officers reportedly found the murder weapon abandoned by the shooter in Laval.

• Read also: Montreal Mafia: arrest of a suspect who has a grudge against the Rizzuto clan

• To read also: Montreal Mafia: a 3rd suspect pinned for the attempted murder of Leonardo Rizzuto

Our Bureau of Investigation and the QMI Agency learned that police officers from the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) managed to flush out this gun in the Sainte-Dorothée district, on the edge of Montée Champagne and near the intersection with Wood Avenue.

The suspicious vehicle in which the shooter was seated who fired in the direction of Leonardo Rizzuto, at the end of the afternoon of March 15, had also taken Avenue des Bois after the shooting, according to this that the SQ had reported that day. It was a black Porsche Macan SUV.
The SQ and the National Organized Crime Squad (ENRCO), which are trying to elucidate this resounding attempted murder at the expense of the son of the late godfather Vito Rizzuto, have every reason to believe that it is the murder weapon.

Ballistic expertise should quickly confirm this hypothesis.
And if the police are really lucky, they will also be able to take fingerprints matching the shooter on the firearm in question.

According to our information, the police did not make this discovery following new information obtained in the wake of the arrests of two suspects over the past week.

Instead, it was the melting snow that prompted investigation leaders to return to do further searches along the escape route the suspects had taken after the March 15 shooting.
The police find therefore suggests that the shooter had simply got rid of his handgun by throwing it on the edge of the road through a window of the vehicle.

The police also believe that other accomplices aboard a second Porsche Macan SUV, but red in color, could have been involved in this crime.

End of a lull

Leonardo Rizzuto, 53, was hit by two of the eight gunshots fired at him from the suspicious vehicle that drove up to him, while he was in his black Mercedes SUV and was was driving on highway 440 west.
The lawyer by profession, who police still consider to be one of the two main leaders of the Rizzuto clan, managed to shake off his pursuers and go for help after coming to a standstill in the parking lot of a funeral home downstream.

The police investigation had led to the arrest of a first suspect eight days later.
Mafioso Francesco Del Balso, a former high-ranking member of the Rizzuto clan who now revolves around the Hells Angels, was arrested at Trudeau airport and had his passport confiscated while trying to leave the country to Europe on March 23.

The main police thesis is that Del Balso, considered a specialist in extortion and illegal sports betting, was able to order this attempted murder in response to a shooting from which he had miraculously escaped without a scratch, in almost identical circumstances. , on November 7, 2022, also in Laval.
Then, during the night of last Friday, the police arrested a second suspect, Kevin Rochebrun, at his home in Mascouche.

Rochebrun, 32, associated with Montreal street gangs of red allegiance, is known to police for his participation in an armed attack from which another big name of the Rizzuto clan, Marco Pizzi, escaped unscathed in the summer of 2016 .

He had been sentenced to three years in prison.

Finally, last Monday, the police apprehended a third suspect, Steve Emmanuel Barthélémy, at his home in the Rivière-des-Prairies district. The 34-year-old man, with no criminal record, would have links with Kevin Rochebrun, according to the police.

The three suspects arrested so far have all been released without facing criminal charges, pending further investigation.

This coup at the expense of Leonardo Rizzuto marks the end of a lull of more than three years within traditional Italian organized crime.

After several years of bloody conflict, the Sicilian and Calabrian factions of the Montreal mafia had apparently buried the hatchet since the murders of the Salvatore brothers and Andrew Scoppa, two clan leaders who were shot dead during the year 2019 and that the police have identified them as rivals of the Rizzuto clan.

It was the first time that Leonardo Rizzuto was targeted in an armed attack, he who lost his brother Nick Jr. and his grandfather Nicolo, shot dead in December 2009 and November 2010 respectively, as well as his uncle Paolo Renda, who disappeared in May 2010 following a kidnapping and alleged victim of a homicide.

thanks for the kuddos ciment, it is indeed a confusing ever evolving situation in MTL.

that list was a theory for sure. i have the rizzuto and sollecito cells separate only because of claims and info stating that the 2 of them serve/served as co bosses, acting bosses, co leaders etc. for just that reason it has always seemed like rizzuto and sollecito were leading both the MTL MAFIA and there faction of it, but also leading criminal cells. there associates and family members appear to operate in different spheres of crime leading me to think they operate separate.

one thing for sure at least as of now is that rizzuto/sollecito are leaders of the most powerful faction of the MTL MAFIA.

on to the padula bros. they were allied with giuseppe devito and paying him a tax to operate up until there 2011 drug bust. after there subsequent sentencing and now release not much has been heard. i would not put them in the rizzuto/sollecito faction side that is for sure. there exists no connection between the 2 sides. so the padulas if they are operating would be doing so completely independent or allied with another group of mafia cells. terrible answer i know, lastly there is no info/proof showing a current alliance/connect to HA or street gangs. if memory serves the padulas were in a turf war over drugs with RED allied street gangs between 2009-2011. old info most likely no longer relevant.

hope some of this helps.

Your explanation about cell one and two makes sense. In one of the recent articles they mentioned that Stefano's health has deteriorated. This could be problematic for cell two unless someone else can step up to the plate.

and could also be by design the cell structure. this same MO was used fairly successfully by the IRA from 1970's onward and is also used by other OC groups. if an investigation into one cell reveals no connections to another that helps insulate leadership so the MTL MAFIA doesnt face a large bust like project colisee 2006.

and stefano sollecitos health has been bad since the magot/mastiff trials. i think one reason he was released pending trial was because of health issues related to cancer (2017). i may be mistaken.

Stefano's health led to him steppin down at least he is less active, but his 3/4 brothers are still around.

If, and only if Sollecito's health is deteriorating, as I believe it is as well, that may be why they went after Leo. So that both are out of the picture in the next little while. Maybe? Not sure but it looks more and more like either Del Balso, or the Desjardins/Mirarchi crew, as they are traditionally known to hire to do the deed. HA would take care of it on their own, and a signature move is burning the getaway car. Then again, the media is pointing THE finger at Del Balso, who has the protection of HA, more than traditional mafia factions, at this time. To be sure, I believe everyone wants Del Balso gone, incredible how this guy has more lives than Magi, who was marked for years.

Who here has any legit sources that Arcadi is active, and moreso, aligned with Del Balso? That throws a whole new curveball into the fold. Imagine Arcadi is the mastermind behind all of this? In La Source, Andrew Scoppa mentions over and over again about how Arcadi (and Del Balso) turned on Vito once he was put away in the US. Then again, Scoppa was a rat, so who knows how legit that is?

Could it be that Leo is asking the exact same question right now, or does he know and isn't saying? Only time will tell...

To do a hit in porsches is crazy anyway maybe it was just to make a statement or spur of the moment thing.

https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2023/05...nardo-rizzuto?utm_medium=cxense#cxrecs_s

as this investigation continues one thing is for sure...i dont feel we are dealing with the top brass. this attempted hit was a debacle. i'll throw the gun in the snow that will hide it...until the snow melts goofball. how many different rivers are there in the general montreal area? and this crew of dumbskies chucks it into the ditch praying the snow wont melt...too much. i get not wanting to be caught with a firearm in quebec you may get arrested and held for like 4 hours before being released some serious time i know, this is why like bob the builder has told us..."you need to have a plan."

oh but i digress.

https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2023/05/04/montreal-est-devenu-un-asile-a-ciel-ouvert

a bit of levity...with a sarcastic plea for criminal "order"

Pourquoi le clan Rizzuto n’a-t-il pas répliqué ?
https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2023/05/03/pourquoi-le-clan-rizzuto-na-t-il-toujours-pas-replique

L’arme utilisée pour tenter de tuer Leonardo Rizzuto aurait été retrouvée
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1976565/rizzuto-meurtre-arme-surete-quebec

From the article:

« C'est signe que l'enquête avance bien. L'information peut provenir d'un témoin qui a vu le véhicule suspect lancer un objet le long de la route. Mais selon moi, c'est probablement davantage quelqu'un qui est impliqué dans la tentative de meurtre qui s'est décidé à parler. Il faut que ce suspect ait été dans l'auto du tireur pour indiquer aux policiers où se déplacer exactement », affirme Marcel Savard, ancien directeur général adjoint à la SQ.

The Rizzuto clan are probably trying to find out if Del Balso acted alone or did he have the support of some other clan or biker group. Maybe that is why they haven't retaliated yet.

Del Balso is hardcore he may fled now, but he won't back off, he must defend his family after they went to his house try to kill him.

the home invasion took place in 2017, no good info who was ultimately responsible.

another odd connection to look at is del balso and marco pizzis relationship in all this. best info has pizzi and del balso allegedly both being allied with robert/plouffe.

how then does del balso allegedly use kevin rochebrun, the shooter in attempt on marco pizzi against rizzuto.

pizzi has long been considered allied with the rizzuto/sollecito faction of the MTL MAFIA going back to before proj. colisee arrests. most recent info has pizzi along with davide barberio and erasmo crivello allied together. pizzi/barberio are thought to control territory in rivieres des prairies and mtl north.

some evidence suggests del balso, pizzi, barberio along with robert/plouffe were allied circa 2022. but this evidence comes from an arrest made of michel lamontagne for a fire arm at a meeting attended by all 5. this meeting cannot be good evidence of an alliance can it. could have been a 1 off meeting about anything.

even in the crazy world of the milieu of mtl seems odd that del balso would use...allegedly...the same hitman used against his now allie marco pizzi.

There is definitely something going on here. Ever since Andrea Scoppa got killed in Oct.2019 to date, it's been chaotic.There has been attacks on Barberio,, Street gang leaders Mompoint, Wooley's house , HA associates, Pietro D'Adamo associates in Ville Lasalle, Lopez uncle, Del Balso, Rizzuto/Solecito clan, Arcurso business and developers . Looks like someone is making a move for control again. But then again there is never a dull moment in Montreal's organized crime.

True the hit last year was also close to his home, Del Balso was not injured, but the Lexus he was driving was damaged by bullets.

https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/...e-visee-par-erreur-un-suspect-arrete.php

(Laval) A man in his thirties was arrested by Laval police in connection with an attempted murder that occurred in January in the Vimont district. The suspect allegedly shot by mistake in the direction of a septuagenarian in a public place in broad daylight. The person targeted was in fact the mafioso Francesco Del Balso, according to our information.

He is suspected of shooting a 77-year-old man on January 29. According to our information, it was in fact the mafioso Francesco Del Balso who was targeted that day. There would have been a mistake about the person, explain our sources. A 77-year-old man had then received a projectile from a firearm.
The injured man was taken to hospital to treat his injuries. He went to the branch of the Société des alcools du Québec (SAQ) on boulevard des Laurentides.

the suspect is from Hamilton