Horrible when you hire street gangs innocent people are getting killed. They probably thought Anthony was driving maybe he was sitting next to her.

https://montrealgazette.com/news/lo...-widow-of-a-montreal-mafia-figure-report

In 2019 the mother in law of Claudia Iacono was kidnapped.

This is insane. There is no bottoming out up there. A new low.

Sadly this is not a new low. Innocent people have been killed in this war. Just because she’s a good looking young mom doesn’t make her death more horrific.

And we don’t know if she was truly innocent.

Lots of female criminals within Italian clans.

https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/justice-et-faits-divers/2023-05-16/tuee-par-balle-au-volant.php

The victim is the spouse of one of the sons of the late mafioso Moreno Gallo Updated version.

Daniel Renaud has a chronology of what the family had to go through over the years :

A TORMENTED FAMILY
2013
Moreno Gallo is assassinated in Mexico.

2013
Police sources tell La Presse that the sons of Moreno Gallo, Moreno son and Antonio, are victims of extortion.

2014
A Molotov cocktail is thrown at the Motta pizzeria, in Little Italy, which then belongs to the Gallo family.

2014
The spa that belongs to the family is the target of mischief.

2015
Antonio Gallo is notified by the police that there is a contract on his head.

2019
The widow of Moreno Gallo senior is kidnapped and sequestered in Laval, probably to put pressure on her sons, according to our information.

2023
Antonio Gallo's wife is murdered.

https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2...e-tuee-par-balle-alors-quelle-conduisait


Murder of Claudia Iacono: the daughter-in-law of a mafioso shot dead in her car

Prominent Hells Angel Gilles Lambert is now the fourth HA caught up relation to the drug investigation that appears to involve fellow HAs Martin Robert, Stéphane Plouffe, and Michel Lamontagne, as well as Francesco Del Balso.

Crime organisé : la police s’invite chez un autre gros nom des Hells Angels
www.journaldemontreal.com/2023/05/1...-chez-un-autre-gros-nom-des-hells-angels

this latest murder could be the tipping point for all OC groups in mtl. it may finally shock both the police, politicians and public into to taking some kind of concrete action against criminals.

this murder is the eventual by product of hiring out un educated, illiterate street thugs to carry out yer dirty work. and it is not the first time an innocent victim was murdered instead of the actual target. angelo d' onofrio although italian was not a criminal or mafia member. he just happened to look like carmine antonio vanelli and for this he was murdered in 2016 in mtl. even more recent in jan of 2023 a 77 yr old man who drove a similar car as francesco del balso was shot outside a liquor store, he survived. and i will go on, shots fired in june 2022 at neighboring house of greg woolley. the criminals got address wrong. some of the most recent arsons alleged to be against del balso were also at the wrong address. all i'm saying is that there is a precedent for this in mtl, and these are just some of the ones we know of.

i cannot see the victim as being somekind of "godmother", there is no history or precedent for this in mtl or canada for that matter. even the rizzuto women at there height of power never operated at the same level of men. the gallo family proper as far as i can tell carries no weight in mafia circles in mtl. all evidence points to them being successful in business, but being near constantly extorted by a mafia or other crime group. the possibility also exists that someone else was in the car and that they were the intended target, however the investigation is in its infancy and is too early to say.

as i mentioned above this murder could have same effect as the death of the 11 year old daniel desrochers by car bomb detonated by the HA in 1995. and subsequent murders of innocent prison guards in 1997 by HA on order from mom boucher. these murders are what finally shook quebec to take action against the HA. only time will tell if this will be the case following this murder.

Vito there was precedent of a"Godmother" in the past. Palmina ,Vic Cotroni's sister. She was one not to mess around with and would handle disputes but she was the exception and you are right I never heard of any over the other women get involved.

Assassination of Claudia Iacono: "She was indeed the person targeted"

https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2...elle-etait-bel-et-bien-la-personne-visee

The murder of Claudia Iacono created a real earthquake in the mafia world, and even resonates as far as Italy, according to Félix Séguin, host of J.E, who is there precisely for the shooting of a future show.

He also confides that it is unlikely that this murder is a mistake on the person.

"She was followed for long minutes before her assassination, she was indeed the person targeted," he says.

I agree and whoever ordered that hit must be paranoid. It seems like an act of desperation.

https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/...gels-subit-le-supplice-de-la-goutte.php#

Investigators specializing in the fight against organized crime in Quebec raided the residence of Gilles Lambert, a member of the Hells Angels of Montreal, Tuesday evening, in Saint-Hyppolite, in the Laurentians, north of Montreal.

Lol she looks like somebody who would be involved in shady shit

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That article is no longer at the above link but will be found on the site of the sister publication -- see https://www.journaldequebec.com/202...lle-etait-bel-et-bien-la-personne-visee.

It has been slightly over a month and the Rizzuto's haven't retaliated yet ? Anyone care to speculate.

-Is it because they are weakened ?
- Waiting for the opportune time ?
- waiting to see if one or more clans were involved.
- Regrouping
- Is it because more dissidents decided to join HA ?
- or other ?

I could hear Vito Cahill typing away .

What are the chances that Claudia Iacono was part of Rizzuto’s retaliation?

Claudia and her husband being part of the conspiracy with DelBalso; I would say zero to none chances that they were involved.

Indeed but not yet. Brain is deader than Dillinger today. I will ponder and take a run a little later tonight. Too funny ciment.

No Rush . Take your time.

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I'm sure everyone is on high alert right now meaning carrying weapons bodyguards and being in hiding and Leonardo Rizzuto's shooting brought a lot of attention and now with Claudia Iacono's murder there's even more attention. It's probably a mix of your second third and fourth points.

For them to target her like that means that she has done something to seriously piss someone off, maybe even involved in one or more of the several murders that's occurred over the years.

all right i'm back. just returning from 8-10 year old baseball??? game. good god have mercy on us all is there hope?
i will not say that experience has cleared my head any but here we go.

i think the rizzuto/sollecito faction is weakened. even recent media reports have said as much. one from la presse that has been posted here and on other threads mentions both rizzuto and sollecito once holding the title of acting boss/heads of the mafia. a title that neither holds currently. as has been discussed there is no overall boss of the MTL MAFIA. which would certainly explain the continuing mayhem daily on the streets. both rizzuto and sollecito were both often mentioned as although not bosses but part of what makes up the "decision makers" alongside robert/plouffe etc. rizzuto and sollecito dont seem to garner as much of a mention lately. there names being replaced by the likes of del balso, barberio, pizzi and pietrantonio.

as far as leonardo rizzuto goes if he learnt anything from his father and grandfather it would be patience and an ability to bide your time until an opportunity arises. so a direct poorly thought out strike may not be his style. also the fact that del balso is more than likely under near constant surveillance of some kind from some level of police as part of the ongoing investigation into the HA (robert/plouffe) and now including gilles lambert doesnt help. the same can be said for any of his enemies at this point with this latest murder of claudia iacono. the police must be under pressure from all sides to make arrests not just for the murders but for the daily arsons being committed.

and i would think there are some high level meetings going on amongst the top decision makers across the mtl area. from all of the most current articles from la presse and journal de mtl those at the top want to make money and have no interest in past feuds. so we still dont know the cause or what started this tit for tat allegedly going on between rizzuto and del balso. or if in fact that is even the case.

as far as alternate theories as to what is going on i think i will start a thread to elaborate further because there is alot going on and there is no way it all fits nicely into just another mtl mafia war. there is so little we know still about the murders of piero arena and vincenzo armeni and how they possibly fit into all this if at all. now add the murder of iacono which throws a wrench into everything.

i hope some of this helps answer the original questions.

Thanks for your input. Mafia 101. Good point.

Sorry Vito Cahill I didn't mean to rush .

As usual you always got a good read into your Crystal ball. Piero Arena and Vincenzo Armeni have been reported to be in the Rizzuto camp. There is still someone out there causing havoc; but your right things are not too clear at the moment and for now Martin seems to be the big player in this affair.

Thanks for your input .

There's no timetable on these things. It's not like TV. Everyone is hot, and as you can see... good help is hard to find. None of these "cells" have like..... standing "armies" like a street gang, or dedicated assasins or specialist like a Demeo type crew. They are businessmen with resources, who all have access to the same pool of mercenary shooters. With no group with the capability to overpower or overwhelm the others. It's really a massive stalemate I think.

https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2023/05/19/des-hells-en-eaux-troubles

Hells in troubled waters

The Rizzuto Affair
Additionally, the Hells' top-flight duo are said to be close to notorious mafioso Francesco Del Balso, whom police suspect to have ordered the attempted murder in which co-mafia boss Leonardo Rizzuto was injured . by gunshot , March 15 in Laval.

Robert and Plouffe are not targeted in this investigation, but sources from the Bureau of Investigation describe their business ties with Del Balso as "radioactive".

“This story does not sit well with many other Hells Angels. It creates discontent internally and it makes the club look bad, ”told us a police source well connected to the underworld.

Del Balso's head is the subject of a murder contract worth $250,000. According to the police thesis, this specialist in extortion and illegal sports betting was able to order the attack against Rizzuto in retaliation for a shooting from which he himself emerged unscathed, in November 2022.

The police arrested him and confiscated his passport on March 23, at Trudeau airport, while this ex-lieutenant of the Rizzuto clan was trying to clear off for Europe.

– With Felix Seguin

You make another good point Cabrini, the pool of mercenary shooters must be running low especially when many are getting arrested.

I won't say any names, but someone here claims that there's no official Mafia family in Montreal yet the media still refers to them as Mafiosi and Mafia bosses.