Salvatore “Sal the Ironworker” Montagna 40 Bonanno Crime Family

[MWB]

The former boss of the Bonanno crime family was reportedly whacked today in
his native Canada amidst a bloody power struggle for control over the
Montreal mob.

Salvatore “Sal the Ironworker” Montagna, 40, was shot once during a struggle
on a small island named Ild de Vaudry — a working class neighborhood about
30 miles north of Montreal, police sources told the Montreal Gazette.

But the mortally wounded Montagna jumped into the freezing Assomption River,
and swam 30 feet across to the other shore, where he was found around 10
a.m. by emergency responders.

“He was lying on the bank of the river,” a police spokesman told The Post.

“They turned him over and started to do CPR.”

Montagna, who ascended to the head of the Bonannos during a time of turmoil
as their ranks were being decimated by federal prosecutors, was rushed to a
hospital where he died.

Investigators got a search warrant for a house on the island and discovered
signs of a struggle but declined to release further details except to say
Montagna did not live there.

Montagna, who got his nickname because he owned a construction company,
Matrix Steel, in Bushwick, was tapped to succeed Vincent “Vinny Gorgeous”
Basciano in 2006.

Montagna, who was born in Montreal and in America as a resident, was
deported in 2009 because of an earlier conviction for contempt.






http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/former_new_york_mob_boss_killed_tFl5SsQxd9somqDgqqweXK#ixzz1egfNlyU5

[Charlene]

On Nov 24, 10:15 pm, "MWB" <bick...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Montagna, who was born in Montreal and in America as a resident (...)

I've heard of people being born again, but somehow I don't think
that's what they mean.

CBC story:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2011/11/24/salvatore-montagna.html
Mafia boss killed in Montreal region

The body of an alleged Mafia boss, who U.S. authorities said once
headed New York's notorious Bonanno crime family, has been fished out
of a river near Montreal.

Salvatore Montagna's body was found in the Assomption River Thursday
morning, in Charlemagne, northeast of the city.

Nicknamed Sal The Iron Worker, Montagno owned and operated a
successful steel business in the U.S.

The FBI once called him the acting boss of the Bonanno crime family –
prompting one of New York's tabloids to dub him the "Bambino Boss"
because of his rise to power in his mid-30s.

His death is the latest in a series of Mafia-related killings and
disappearances over the last two years. Montagna was considered a
contender to take over the decimated Rizzuto family.

The FBI has a long file on Montagna, who was deported from the U.S. in
2009.The FBI has a long file on Montagna, who was deported from the
U.S. in 2009. CBCMontagna was born in Montreal but raised in Sicily
and, although he moved to the United States at 15, he never obtained
U.S. citizenship.

The married father of three was deported to Canada from the United
States in 2009 because of a conviction for refusing to testify before
a grand jury on illegal gambling.

He pleaded guilty to the minor charge, but it made him ineligible to
stay in the U.S.

Because he is a Canadian citizen, Ottawa couldn't refuse his re-entry
into the country, and Montagna crossed the border without any trouble.

His arrival in Montreal occurred just months before members of the
Rizzuto family began being killed.

The FBI had called Montagna the acting boss of the Bonanno crime
family, an allegation his lawyer publicly denied.

The Bonanno crime family is one of the five largest Mafia families in
New York – one of the notorious criminal gangs that formed the
original Commission, along with Al Capone and Lucky Luciano.

The Bonannos also had close ties to the Montreal Mafia. There had been
speculation that Montagna had been part of the new Mafia leadership in
Montreal and was trying to reorganize the leaderless group.

His death comes just two months after another man with Mafia ties,
Raynald Desjardins, narrowly escaped death in a shooting in Laval, a
suburb north of Montreal. Desjardins had close ties to Vito Rizzuto,
the reputed head of the Montreal Mafia who is currently imprisoned in
the United States.

A rash of killings and disappearances in late 2009 and early 2010
decimated the operation and have robbed him of many of his closest
family members.

Rizzuto's father and son were gunned down, as were other friends,
while his brother-in-law simply vanished. Montagna became the latest
name on the list.

A provincial police spokesman said Thursday that a private citizen
called authorities just after 10 a.m., having spotted a body along the
shores of the Assomption River, northeast of Montreal.

The same person also reported to local police that he heard gunshots,
but Sgt. Benoît Richard said he couldn't confirm just how the victim
died.

"When [police] arrived, they saw a man lying near the river, they took
him out of the water and started doing CPR with the help of the
emergency personnel," Richard said.

"The man was transported to the nearest hospital where he was
pronounced dead."

Richard said police will await the results of an autopsy, scheduled
for Friday, to determine the cause of death.

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wd47

[MWB]

There was a wicked bad documentary of the Bonano crime family and the
Montreal Hells Angels.


GO BLACK JAQUES SHELLAC

Mark