Andrew Scoppa’s take on the relationship between Desjardins and Mirarchi (from ch. 9 of Inside the Montreal Mafia):

“At the end of the day, things didn’t turn out so good for Raynald. I heard he and Mirarchi are on the outs now. You never wondered why Raynald wasn’t put in the same jail as the rest of his gang? Raynald was in Bordeaux with the bikers, while Mirarchi and the others stayed together at the jail in Rivière-des-Prairies and then in Saint-Jérôme. Raynald was the first to plead guilty, alone, without checking with the other co-accused. Supposedly, Mirarchi told all of them, ‘You’re with me or you’re with him.’ And they all followed Mirarchi. They say it cost Mirarchi $3 million in legal fees, especially to challenge the way the RCMP intercepted their texts with Stingray devices in Project Clemenza. And he ended up winning. Desjardins never challenged anything. Strange, isn’t it? When Mirarchi came out, the first thing he did was go make peace with everyone [in the business] for him and his guys. …”