"It's one of the best criminals in recent years," a police source said of the 38-year-old, who uses at least three fake identities and different "looks" to escape. to the forces of order.
According to our information, the shooter was then filmed in action by a surveillance camera when he fired on the former bearer of the school-school Hells Angels, near a service station in the area St. Leonard.
Silva is also suspected of murdering Alessandro Vinci, the manager of a used car dealership in Laval, which was riddled with bullets on October 11.
The shooter is already accused of attempted murder at the expense of the mafia boss Salvatore Scoppa, in Terrebonne, in February 2017, as well as the murder of a client of the cabaret Les Amazones, during the night of May 24, 2017, in the Notre-Dame district. Dame-de-Grâce.
The police have information that Silva will be able to escape police forces with the protection and financial support of the Italian Mafia.
Members of the RCMP were then responsible for monitoring the movements of Stefano Sollecito, the interim leader of the Montreal Mafia.
Shortly before 2 pm, Silva, Sollecito and another mafia boss, Leonardo Rizzuto, son of the late godfather Vito Rizzuto, were observed leaving the Trudeau Airport terminal in Dorval.
The trio went aboard a black Honda Accord driven by Silva. He and Sollecito then went to eat and talk in English at a restaurant on Boulevard Pie-IX.
"Silva is a good example of organized crime in 2019, where the different groups work together by sharing professional resources," said a source familiar with the issue.