WANTED: Hunt for a hitman
The capture of Frédérick Silva, a mafia-paid killer, is an urgent priority for the Montreal police
A Montreal Mafia hired assassin suspected of committing at least three homicides and one attempted murder is under constant police pursuit.
The capture of Frédérick Silva, one of the 10 most wanted criminals in Quebec for a year and a half, has even been raised as one of the top priorities to be addressed by the Montreal Police Service (SPVM). learned The Journal and its Investigation Bureau.
"It's one of the best criminals in recent years," a police source said of the 38-year-old, who uses at least three fake identities and different "looks" to escape. to the forces of order.
In action
It is Silva who allegedly murdered Sébastien Beauchamps, a former Rockers biker member, on the afternoon of December 20th, believe the SPVM's major crime investigators who are leading this manhunt with the Sûreté du Québec.
According to our information, the shooter was then filmed in action by a surveillance camera when he fired on the former bearer of the school-school Hells Angels, near a service station in the area St. Leonard.
Silva is also suspected of murdering Alessandro Vinci, the manager of a used car dealership in Laval, which was riddled with bullets on October 11.
The shooter is already accused of attempted murder at the expense of the mafia boss Salvatore Scoppa, in Terrebonne, in February 2017, as well as the murder of a client of the cabaret Les Amazones, during the night of May 24, 2017, in the Notre-Dame district. Dame-de-Grâce.
The police have information that Silva will be able to escape police forces with the protection and financial support of the Italian Mafia.
Close to the mafia ...
Stefano Sollecito Leading
On March 27, 2015, Frédérick Silva was particularly noted police officers during the operation against the drug Magot, according to court documents consulted by Le Journal .
Members of the RCMP were then responsible for monitoring the movements of Stefano Sollecito, the interim leader of the Montreal Mafia.
Leonardo Rizzuto
Shortly before 2 pm, Silva, Sollecito and another mafia boss, Leonardo Rizzuto, son of the late godfather Vito Rizzuto, were observed leaving the Trudeau Airport terminal in Dorval.
The trio went aboard a black Honda Accord driven by Silva. He and Sollecito then went to eat and talk in English at a restaurant on Boulevard Pie-IX.
... and bikers
During this investigation, Silva was also seen with a Hells Angels trafficker, Gaétan Sévigny, in the latter's Porsche Cayenne, on February 25, 2014.
That same evening, Sévigny - who is serving a five-year sentence in connection with this operation - was observed with Sébastien Beauchamps at a restaurant in Terrebonne. This is the same Beauchamps murdered at the end of 2018.
"Silva is a good example of organized crime in 2019, where the different groups work together by sharing professional resources," said a source familiar with the issue.
♦ Considered "armed and dangerous", Frédérick Silva is constantly on the move, staying in rented apartments for short periods of time and frequently modifying his physical appearance.
WHO IS FRÉDÉRICK SILVA?
- Born in June 1980
- Measuring 1.75 m (5 feet 9 inches)
- Weighs 91 kg (201 lbs)
- Red brown hair
- Brown eyes
- Speak French and English
- Has many tattoos, including one of the Virgin Mary on the right arm and a dragon on the left shoulder
- Aliases: David Guerard, Ziad Essagian, Dieter Steinbrich
- Judicial History for Robbery, Home Invasions and Fraud
Salvatore Scoppa ( inset) , a 48-year-old influential mafioso, escaped with an arm wound after being shot in the parking lot of a restaurant. The victim and his brother, Andrew Scoppa, found themselves in conflict with the Rizzuto clan's acting head, Stefano Sollecito, according to statements he made while he was being recorded without his knowledge by the police. Summer 2015.
MAY 24, 2017 IN MONTREAL, NOTRE-DAME-DE-GRÂCE DISTRICT
An argument between Daniel Armando Somoza Guildea, 28, and Frederick Silva would have burst inside the cabaret of dancers Les Amazones, rue Saint-Jacques, during the night. The two clients were evicted and Silva then pulled out a weapon and mortally wounded his rival twice before fleeing behind a luxurious Range Rover red SUV.
OCTOBER 11, 2018 IN LAVAL
Alessandro Vinci ( inset ), 31, worked as a manager at a used car dealer owned by his father in the Chomedey district. Shortly before 9 pm, the shooter entered the store with a handgun, went to the victim and hit several projectiles before leaving. Vinci did not have a criminal record and the motive for this crime remains unclear.
DECEMBER 20, 2018 IN MONTREAL, SAINT-LÉONARD DISTRICT
Sébastien Beauchamps ( inset ), a former member of a Hells Angels club-school, was shot in the parking lot of a gas station on Langelier Boulevard. Three other vehicles were hit by projectiles in the shooting. The 44-year-old would also have acted as a bodyguard for Gregory Woolley, the leader of street gangs in Montreal.