Leonardo Rizzuto Shot in Laval

[Wiseguy]

- Is Del Balso... what? Not mafia anymore? He's a Biker now? Did he trade a Button for a Patch? Was he never made?

He, like others, gets labeled as a "Montreal Mob Member" all the time but that doesn't necessarily mean anything. The term is used even more generically up there than it is here. And that's not even getting into who is considered what in the byzantine Canadian underworld these days. But I actually don't recall every seeing any specific information that he was ever formally inducted.

[antimafia]

Francesco Del Balso is not mentioned in the first article to which I've linked below.

Police execute more search warrants in probe targeting Hells Angels
https://montrealgazette.com/news/local- ... lls-angels

Perquisitions visant des Hells Angels influents
La police poursuit son supplice de la goutte d’eau
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/just ... -d-eau.php

[mr white]

Does it strike anyone else that probably Leonardo can't go back to sitting at any "Table" again in Montreal with the 81 after this last hit attempt? It seems like those days are over. His last muscle on the streets has been getting shot at and essentially forced into hiding and I wonder who exactly it is that still brings him money. Nobody that the OGs up there seem afraid of. If this came from Del Balso and he's this close to the top HA guys and meeting with them the day afterwards openly while under surveillance...and they in turn are tight with Desjardins and his son, etc....then it seems like the idea of the table is either over or at least over for Leonardo sitting back down with it...what do you guys think?

[antimafia]

Scott Burnstein and Jimmy Buccellato interview reporter Peter Edwards.

Rizzuto Mob vs Hells Angels
https://youtu.be/b8eOTBUJzig

[antimafia]

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Peter Edwards reveals just 3 mins. in that Francesco Del Balso is rumoured 1. to have fled to Amsterdam, and 2. to have a large bounty on his head.

[mr white]

Seems doubtful he made it to Amsterdam as they seized his passport, etc. But anything's possible...given that 81 top leadership is meeting with him the same day as the Rizzuto shooting it looks to me that Rizzuto and his Italians aren't still friends the same way with the 81..

[Tonyd621]

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Peter Edwards reveals just 3 mins. in that Francesco Del Balso is rumoured 1. to have fled to Amsterdam, and 2. to have a large bounty on his head.

So this would imply that the Rizzutos still have some power?

[antimafia]

Seems doubtful he made it to Amsterdam as they seized his passport, etc. But anything's possible...given that 81 top leadership is meeting with him the same day as the Rizzuto shooting it looks to me that Rizzuto and his Italians aren't still friends the same way with the 81..

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Peter Edwards reveals just 3 mins. in that Francesco Del Balso is rumoured 1. to have fled to Amsterdam, and 2. to have a large bounty on his head.

So this would imply that the Rizzutos still have some power?

Del Balso had a passport seized when he was arrested at the airport, where he apparently was waiting to fly to Italy. Peter Edwards mentioned that Del Balso was rumoured to have several fake passports, but I think other reporters would have published a story had Del Balso 1. been released after the airport arrest, and 2. tried to flee again. Del Balso apparently knew for a week — after the attempted murder of Leonardo Rizzuto — that his own life was in danger per what he was told by individuals in the underworld with whom he is close; the same individuals apparently also encouraged him to flee Canada.

There is speculation that the apparent attempt on Del Balso’s life last November 7 gave rise to the recent attempt on Rizzuto’s, but Quebec law enforcement has stated it has no evidence Rizzuto ordered the November 7 attack, and Daniel Renaud recently wrote the following about the apparent second attempt on Del Balso’s life this past January: “Selon nos sources, Del Balso aurait été la cible d’une autre tentative de meurtre par balles à Laval à la fin du mois de janvier, mais il y aurait eu erreur sur la personne.”

If there have been tensions between Del Balso and Rizzuto, I wonder whether other individuals or groups are exploiting the tensions to confuse the targeted men as to who’s really ordering and plotting the attempted hits.

Andrew Scoppa showed his $20 million bank balance to journalists Séguin and Thibault. There were more names on the Scoppa brothers’ hit list besides Lorenzo Giordano and Rocco Sollecito, who were killed during a span of 3 months. To take out the latter two and others, did the brothers have power or Andrew’s large bank balance (for hiring hitmen)? I think a similar question could be asked about Rizzuto.

[Tonyd621]

So other OC groups might be trying to hit the both of them and using this beef between them too as a reason?

[B.]

Mancuso is playing them against each other.

[chin_gigante]

I'm reminded of the conflict that broke out between Desjardins and Montagna. Desjardins believed Montagna was behind the attempt on his life, which prompted him to kill Montagna. Then Andrew Scoppa tells Séguin and Thibault that Roger Valiquette was actually the one who arranged the assassination attempt.

[SonnyBlackstein]

Mancuso is playing them against each other.

Word is Mikey Nose reached out to Todaro's new 24 buttons for shooters against Joe C.

[antimafia]

Edit: My assumption about Del Balso being detained was wrong, as he was released per the article to which I’ve linked below, which was published today.

La police recherche un véhicule suspect
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/just ... uspect.php

[antimafia]

^^^^
Porsches were used in attempt on Leonardo Rizzuto's life, SQ believes
https://montrealgazette.com/news/local- ... q-believes

[DoubleZ]

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Porsches were used in attempt on Leonardo Rizzuto's life, SQ believes
https://montrealgazette.com/news/local- ... q-believes

Two nearly identical Porsche Macan SUVs were used to target Leonardo Rizzuto’s Mercedes GLE53 AMG SUV.

What this tells me as an auto enthusiast - it’s no coincidence that two performance SUVs were used as hit cars to keep up with Leo Rizz’s performance SUV. Whoever ordered the hit was at the very least aware of this AMG-Mercedes, and it’s capabilities. They had the foresight to procure two performance matching vehicles.

With this little nugget of info, I’m not sure I would directly buy into the sentiment that this was a sloppy, half-assed job. Perhaps the carrying out of the plan was sloppy. Some level of intelligence was used. Will be interesting to see if the SUVs will be recovered, and their source.

A theory - a cargo/rail-yard that stores Porsches coming in from Germany into Montreal waiting to be sent to North American dealers, may be missing two new shiny Macans... This happens somewhat frequently in Michigan with automakers, and is on the rise.

This just adds to the cinematographic nature of this conflict. I can’t wait for the direct-to-stream movie