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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
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.
In the early 2000s, Vito Rizzuto is the boss of the Rizzuto crime family and is at the peak of his influence and power, while he keeps City Hall and the police in his pocket, and maintains peace with the bikers, the Irish, the Haitians and other Montreal gangs despite a botched hit on Vito which his right-hand man Declan Gardiner "takes care of."
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 ...
Raynald Desjardins (born October 2, 1953) [2] is a prominent organized crime figure in Montreal, and a former associate of the Rizzuto crime family.In 2010, he was part of a violent effort to take control of the Rizzutos' operations. [3]
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 ...
Cédilot and Noël described Panepinto as being "Vito Rizzuto's right-hand man in Ontario" in charge of all Rizzuto family operations in Ontario. [ 1 ] In 1991, Panepinto along with his business partner in Casket Royale, Frank Natale Roda, were involved in an unsuccessful attempt to kill the man who had tried to hire a hitman to kill the boxer ...
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.