http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2016/06...n-dernier-repostranslation
Nearly 200 people attended Friday's funeral of the leader of the Rizzuto clan, Rocco Sollecito, assassinated a week ago in Laval.
The funeral of the 67 year old man, who was interim chief of operations of the Montreal Mafia, took place at the Church of Our Lady of Pompeii, in the Ahuntsic sector, at noon.
Among the ones who paid respect were Libertina Rizzuto and Giovanna Cammalleri, respectively the daughter and spouse of deceased godfather Vito Rizzuto, whose Sollecito has long been a trusted ally.
Two of the son of the victim, his elder Giuseppe & Mario the younger brother, were among the first to leave the church while porters carried the coffin of Rocco Sollecito after the ceremony, which lasted 45 minutes.
Jailed son:
His other son, Stefano, however, did not have permission from prison authorities to salute the memory of his father.
The man, 48, who was the head in "table" of Italian organized crime in Montreal before his arrest gangsterism in November, remains incarcerated at the Rivière-des-Prairies prison while waiting to to be judged.
Several patrol SPVM ensured a discreet presence around the church. Not far from the rally, members of the Joint Regional Squad fight against organized crime in Montreal and police intelligence services have used the event to film and photograph the guests they feel connected to the mafia.
Power struggle:
Rocco Sollecito is the 27th victim of the bloody war of power that rips the Montreal Mafia for the past seven years, according to our information.
He was one of six leaders of the Rizzuto clan arrested during Operation Colisée RCMP in 2006.
Four of them are now extinct or fallen under the bullets, the patriarch of the Sicilian mafia clan, Nicolo Rizzuto, shot in his own home in November 2010, and the aspirant godfather Lorenzo Giordano, killed near a gym in Laval, March 1st.
Released from prison in 2011 while other clans trying to take control of mafia . Rocco Sollecito remained faithful to the godfather Vito Rizzuto while the latter was incarcerated for murder in the United States, and that, until 'on his return to the country in October 2012 and his death in December 2013.
The sexagenarian then acted as advisor to the "management table" until the arrest of his son Stefano and Leonardo Rizzuto (son of Vito Rizzuto), who are the number 1 and 2 of the mafia hierarchy in Montreal.
May 27, 8 am to 20, Rocco Sollecito left his condo Chomedey driving his luxury BMW brand white SUV, to proceed on the Boulevard Saint-Elzéar in Laval.
A professional killer who knew his routine was waiting in a bus shelter at the intersection of Anne de Noailles street.
When the target was immobilized before him to make his mandatory stop the gunman got out and fired at least eight times through the passenger side window of the SUV. The killer is still at large.
Another murder Thursday
Late Thursday afternoon, Angelo D'Onofrio, 72, was shot in Hillside cafe, located near the Loreto funeral complex, where the remains of Rocco Sollecito was exposed at the same time.
Although he was familiar policemen from the group Eclipse (an SPVM brigade often dealing with organized crime), D'Onofrio was regarded by police as a "relationship" marginal faction of the Calabrian Mafia. Moreover, the thesis of a mistaken identity would not be ruled out by investigators to explain the killing.
