The SRCQ also reports numerous clashes within the Blues, the other faction of Montreal gangs.
These conflicts are manifested especially in the west of the island of Montreal, according to the police intelligence agency.
Two cliques in particular draw attention to it:
The Longmore-Edwards Group; The Drummond Group. These clans, identified by the surnames of their presumed leaders and involved in drug trafficking, are waging an endless turf war in the LaSalle and Lachine sectors.
Punctuated by “several violent incidents”, including drive-by shootings [shootings at the wheel], this “conflict has been going on since at least 2012”, specifies the SRCQ.
Osvaldo Pineda Melgar, 26, described as "a relation of the Drummond group", was notably killed by a bullet in the head in his accommodation in LaSalle in the presence of his spouse and their young child, on September 16, 2019.
The police managed to charge three suspects for this murder, in addition to multiplying the arrests in the two gangs.
Despite this, "the conflict [...] is not about to end and other incidents could take place", provides the SRCQ.
