Organized crime figure slain in daylight shooting in Montreal's West


Francesco Del Balso, 53, shot and killed in Montreal suburb CTV News

On Monday, Francesco Del Balso reportedly demanded $5,000 a week from the church if he couldn't get back the jewelry that his ex-wife left while donating clothes to the convent a few years ago,.


Francesco Del Balso CharleaneIga

Alleged organized crime leader Francesco Del Balso was shot dead in broad daylight at the entrance to the Monster Gym in DDO at approximately 1pm Monday. The bullets entered his upper body and he.


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In November 2006, Francesco (Chit) Del Balso, now 47, was arrested in Project Colisée, a Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit investigation that focused on the Rizzuto organization.


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A police source confirmed to the Montreal Gazette that Francesco Del Balso, 52, was arrested Tuesday night and was detained overnight. Another source familiar with the case said Del Balso was.


Francesco Del Balso KashifFarrell

Francesco " Chit " Del Balso ( Italian pronunciation: [franˈtʃesko del ˈbalso]; April 13, 1970 - June 5, 2023) was a Canadian mobster in the Montreal -based Rizzuto crime family . Del Balso arrest, November 22, 2006 Rizzuto family and gambling Del Balso was regarded as the leader of the "Young Turk" faction of the Rizzuto family. [1]


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Alleged Montreal Mafia leader Francesco Del Balso is back in prison. In January, Del Balso was granted conditional release on the lengthy sentence he is serving, despite having admitted only.


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Francesco Del Balso is still serving the 11-year sentence he was given in October 2008, after he pleaded guilty to cocaine smuggling and a gangsterism charge. Photo by Marcos Townsend / Montreal.


The Tragic End of Francesco (Chit) Del Balso Power Struggles and Dead

Francesco Del Balso was shot near the corner of Deacon Street and St-Régis Boulevard in Dorval in Montreal's West Island. Charbonneau commission Montreal police were on the scene and reported a.


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Francesco Del Balso was shot near the corner of Deacon Street and St-Régis Boulevard in Dorval in Montreal's West Island. Mugshot of Francesco Del Balso after his arrest in 2006. (Charbonneau.


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Francesco (Chit) Del Balso saw the lengthy sentence he received a decade ago, for having acted as a leader in the Montreal Mafia, extended by one month more after he pleaded guilty Thursday.


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Francesco Del Balso, 53, is believed to have been an influential leader in the Rizzuto crime family and once controlled the syndicate's illegal gambling activities. But after the death of.


Organized crime figure slain in daylight shooting in Montreal's West

There was little prospect Francesco Del Balso would age gracefully. Or even at all. Men who were hunting him understood this when they placed a quarter-million-dollar bounty on his head. Police.


What will the assassination of Francesco Del Balso change?

Francesco Del Balso, an admitted leader in the Rizzuto crime organization, is shown in 2006. Photo by Marcos Townsend / Montreal Gazette Laval police are investigating a report of shots fired.


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The fate of Francesco Del Balso, a convicted mobster who's supposed to be released from prison, is up in the air after the latest in a series of murders of high-ranking members of the Montreal Mafia.


What the reckless violence reveals about the Montreal Mafia National Post

The victim's identity has not been released, but a source confirmed to The Canadian Press that he was well-known Montreal Mafia figure Francesco Del Balso. Police suspect Mr. Del Balso was.


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The victim's identity has not been released, but a source confirmed to The Canadian Press that he was well-known Montreal Mafia figure Francesco Del Balso. Police suspect Del Balso was behind the.

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