A high-profile member of organized crime in Montreal was shot and killed Monday afternoon, sources confirmed to Radio-Canada.
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 commission)
Montreal police were on the scene and reported a shooting with a deceased victim.
Del Balso was arrested as part of the Operation Colisée sweep of the Montreal Mafia in 2006. He was convicted of gangsterism and conspiracy to import cocaine.
He was released in 2016, then ordered back into prison over concerns for his safety. Parole board documents at the
