Tenors loyal to Rizzuto

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Axel Marchand-Lamothe

Sunday, 4 march, 2018 01:00

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The funeral of the matriarch of the clan Rizzuto, yesterday, were the occasion for certain tenors of the underworld, montreal to reaffirm their allegiance to the family under a discreet police surveillance.

In the morning, a few hundred people converged on the church of Notre-Dame-de-la-Defense to make a last tribute sober to Libertina Manno, the mother of the deceased godfather of the mafia in montreal Vito Rizzuto.

In addition to his brother Domenico Manno, his daughter, Maria Renda, and his grandson Leonardo Rizzuto, freshly acquitted of charges, including gangsterism, the bodyguards and some allies of the clan were clearly visible.

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Members and friends of the family, Rizzuto made a last tribute to Libertina Manno, the mother of the deceased godfather of the mafia, Vito Rizzuto, yesterday, even Notre-Dame-de-la-Defense.

Antonio Mucci and Antonio Vanelli, two important figures in the mafia from the time of the Cotroni, arrived coast to coast in the church.

The Stefano Sollecito, Nicola Spagnolo and Marco Pizzi, in particular, represented the ” new guard “.

“Those who come [to the funeral] are clearly on the side of Rizzuto,” said Antonio Nicaso, a professor specializing in organized crime.

The influence of the family on the criminal underworld, although weakened for the past few years, remains important, according to him, where this demonstration of several dominant figures.

The Rizzuto saw Nicolo Jr and Nicolo Sr perish by balls in 2009 and 2010. Paolo Renda, the brother-in-law and right-hand man of Vito, disappeared in the same year. The sponsor is himself died of natural causes in 2013, after a long stay in prison, in the United States.

Since then, various factions opposed to take control of the mafia.

Construction and policy

Former entrepreneurs in the construction sector, made famous by the Charbonneau commission, were also present, including Nicolo Milioto.

The political environment was not at rest while the ex-minister federal liberal Alfonso Gagliano has been seen.

“As much as the Italian community of Montreal and the criminal underworld are affected by the death of Libertina Manno,” says the author and former analyst for the intelligence Pierre de Champlain.

Near the church, which has also received the funeral of Nicolò’s father, shot down in 2010, and Vito Rizzuto, who died of natural causes in 2013, a police surveillance discreet was exerted.

“The police will notice the present, but mostly absent,” said Dr. de Champlain.

It suggests that, for security reasons, certain factions were able to send emissaries, or would simply take the time to call the family in mourning.

The complex funéraire Loreto, Saint-Léonard, huge sprays of flowers flanking the room where the family received condolences at the passing of the Journal.

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The family of the mafioso Tony Vanelli had sent an immense wreath of flowers yesterday for the funeral.

“The crowns funeral are often a good index of the links that unite the clans “, said Mr. Nicaso.

The authorities have certainly taken the time to take a look at it ahead there.

One of the cars in the funeral procession had a huge bunch of flowers identified to the family Vanelli, demonstrating their close relationship with the Rizzuto.

Present yesterday

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Antonio (Tony) Mucci

Convicted of the attempted murder of the reporter of The newspaper le Devoir, Jean-Pierre Charbonneau, in 1973. Mucci has been the victim of an assassination attempt in 2007. It is considered by the police as being at the head of his own clan in the mafia. He was freed of charges of possession of weapons in 2015.

Antonio (Tony) Vanelli

Figure of the criminal underworld since the 1970s, he had sworn allegiance to the Cotroni before you join Rizzuto when they took control of the mafia in montreal. Close to the godfather Vito Rizzuto, he is considered a man of honor. It has also been the target of a murder attempt in the last few years.

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Domenico Manno

The brother-in-law of Nicolo (Nick) Rizzuto had pleaded guilty at the end of the 1970s to a charge of conspiracy in the murder of the godfather of the era, Paolo Violi. His death had left the field free to the Sicilians to take control of the mafia in montreal. He had been sentenced to a lengthy prison sentence in the United States for drug trafficking before being released in 2012.

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Nicolo Milioto

Ex-construction contractor in the area of sidewalks. His testimony at the Charbonneau commission had come off its hinges with the commissioners. It had been filmed by police at cafe Consenza, as he presented large sums of money hidden in his socks to Rocco Sollecito, a loyal lieutenant of Nicolò Rizzuto.

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Alfonso Gagliano

Former liberal minister of public Works and linked to the sponsorship scandal, he has been a member of Saint-Leonard from 1984 to 2002. He had denied the allegations of an informer of the FBI, who stated in 2004 that Gagliano was a soldier for a long time Bonnano. In 1994, he also had to defend his links with Agostino Cuntrera, for which he would have made of the accounting. Cuntrera was sentenced in connection with the murder of Paolo Violi.

– With Félix Séguin, Bureau of investigation