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Vito Rizzuto was born in Cattolica Eraclea, in the province of Agrigento, Sicily on 21 February 1946. [2] In 1954, on Vito's eighth birthday, he immigrated with his family to Canada, docking at Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia before moving on to Montreal, Quebec. [3] [4] Vito was the first child of Nicolo Rizzuto and his wife
On October 15, 2016, 65-year old Vincenzo Spagnolo, considered formerly as a mediator, messenger and advisor to Vito Rizzuto, was shot multiple times at his home in Vimont, Quebec, and pronounced dead. [130] [131] Spagnolo was close to the Sicilian faction of the family following Rizzuto's death in 2013.
Vito Rizzuto: 04307-748: Deceased. Released and deported to Canada on October 5, 2012, after serving about five years of a ten-year sentence; died on December 23, 2013, of natural causes. Rizzuto was the boss of the Italian-Canadian Rizzuto crime family, based in Montreal.
In the early 1990s, Mora along with Johnny Papalia and Carmen Barillaro borrowed $7.2 million from Vito Rizzuto and the trio refused to pay back the loan to Rizzuto. [172] On September 11, 1996, Mora was murdered as he pulled his gold-colored Cadillac into the driveway of a farm in Vaughan. He was shot four times in the head. [172]
Juan Ramon Paz Fernández (23 December 1956 – 9 April 2013) was a Spanish gangster active in Canada and Italy who served as the right-hand man of Vito Rizzuto, the boss of the Montreal-based Rizzuto crime family.
Sollecito's death occurred just months after the death of Rizzuto confidant, Lorenzo "Skunk" Giordano, who was shot to death in a parking lot in Laval. [ 9 ] [ 11 ] On October 17, 2019, Jonathan Massari, Dominico Scarfo, Guy Dion and Marie-Josée Viau, were arrested and charged with planning and executing the murders of Sollecito and Giordano ...
After Rizzuto was arrested in 2004, a committee of caretaker leaders for Vito Rizzuto was formed of Arcadi, Nicolo Rizzuto, Paolo Renda, Rocco Sollecito, Lorenzo Giordano and Francesco Del Balso. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] As a leader, Arcadi saw the breakdown in relations with the black Canadian street gangs such as the Crack Down Posse and the Bo-Gars ...
Considered to be one of the most intimidating leaders of the Rizzuto family, Del Balso was the man most assigned to "talk" to debtors. [3] After Rizzuto was arrested in 2004, a committee of caretaker leaders for Vito Rizzuto was formed of Del Balso, Nicolo Rizzuto, Paolo Renda, Rocco Sollecito, Francesco Arcadi and Lorenzo Giordano. [4] [5]