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Salvatore Montagna

April 07, 2023

Salvatore "Sal the Iron Worker" Montagna (Italian: [salvaˈtoːre monˈtaɲɲa]; 1971 – November 24, 2011) was an Italian-Canadian crime boss and acting boss of the Bonanno crime family in New York City, as well as the Sicilian faction-leader of the Bronx section. He had later been associated with the Rizzuto crime family of Montreal.

Salvatore Montagna
Salvatore Montagna mugshot
Born1971
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
DiedNovember 24, 2011(2011-11-24) (aged 39–40)
Charlemagne, Quebec, Canada
Cause of deathGunshots
Other names"Sal the Iron Worker"
"Bambino Boss"
Citizenship
  • Canadian
  • Italian
Occupation(s)Crime boss, mobster
SpouseFrancesca Carcione
Children3
AllegianceBonanno crime family
Rizzuto crime family

Montagna was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1971. He was raised in Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily. In the mid 1980s, at the age of 15, his family immigrated to the United States and settled in the Bronx, New York. He later became an acting caporegime for the Bonanno crime family, and by 2004, he was the acting boss of the family in the absence of Vincent Basciano. Montagna was a Canadian and Italian citizen, and was deported from the United States to Canada in 2009. In Montreal, Montagna rivaled with the Rizzuto crime family, and after the death of boss Nicolo Rizzuto in 2010, he vied for power. In 2011, he had a falling out with Rizzuto mobster Raynald Desjardins, and on November 24, 2011, his body was found on the shore of Île Vaudry on the L'Assomption River, in the city of Charlemagne, Quebec. In December 2016, Desjardins received a 14-year prison sentence, including time served, for the murder plot.

Early life

Montagna was born in Montreal, Quebec in 1971. He was raised in Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily. In the mid 1980s, at the age of 15, his family immigrated to the United States and settled in the Bronx, New York.[1] It is unclear when Montagna became active in the life of crime or when he became a made man in the Bonanno crime family. During the late 1990s, Montagna's name was overheard in wiretapped conversations between Boss Joseph "Big Joe" Massino and other reputed members of the Bonanno crime family.

He was a dual citizen of Italy and Canada.[2]

Sal the Iron Worker

Little is known of Montagna's personal life other than that he married Francesca Carcione and lived in a modest home in Elmont, Long Island with her and their three daughters. He started a small metalworking company called Matrix Steel Co., located at 50 Bogart Street in Bushwick, Brooklyn, managed by his wife.[3][4] Matrix Steel manufactures structural and rail mill products, gray and ductile iron foundry crucibles, foundry converters, casting machines, sizing or embossing presses, foundry mold machines and foundry dies and tooling. It was around this time that Montagna was given the nickname "Sal the Iron Worker".[3]

Acting capo

In 2002, Montagna was arrested along with the crew of Patrick DeFilippo for illegal gambling and loansharking charges.[5] He refused to answer questions before a grand jury and was charged with criminal contempt of court.[5] He later pleaded guilty to the charge in 2003, and was placed on a five-year probation.[5] In late 2003, US law enforcement and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) listed Montagna as an "Acting Capo" and Caporegime of the Bonanno family on behalf of DeFilippo and the Sicilian faction based in the Bronx.

Acting boss

After longtime Bonanno boss "Big Joe" Massino became an informant in 2004, Vincent "Vinny Gorgeous" Basciano was recognized as the reputed Boss of the Bonanno crime family, only to discover that Massino would testify against Basciano as well.[6][7][8] In 2006, as Basciano was facing jail time, he stated that he would promote the Sicilian faction of the old Bonanno crew back into the family's leadership, as Montagna was recognized as the reputed acting boss of the Bonanno crime family from 2006 until 2010, with Nicholas "Nicky Mouth" Santora as underboss and Anthony Rabito as consigliere, making the administration of the Bonanno crime family once again complete. At that time, Montagna gained the nickname "Bambino Boss" due to his relatively young age, being 35.[4][9] In 2008, Montagna was still the reputed acting boss of the Bonannos,[10] controlling the entire Bronx faction of the family, as the Daily News linked Montagna to known Sicilian Bonanno official Baldassare "Baldo" Amato.

On April 6, 2009, Montagna was arrested by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as he left Matrix Steel.[5][11] The 2003 criminal contempt conviction allowed U.S. authorities to strip him of his greencard and deport him to Canada; he was succeeded by Vincent Badalamenti as Bonanno family boss. According to mob writer Jerry Capeci, it was understood Montagna would have no standing or authority within Montreal's then-dominant Rizzuto crime family.[4][12]

Montreal area activities

After a slide in power of the Rizzuto family, Montagna started to show his influence. Months prior to the assassination of Nicolo Rizzuto, he had tried to convince the old patriarch to step down, and let younger blood rule.[13]

In 2011, following the assassinations of several major Rizzuto mobsters starting in 2009, Montagna was identified as one of three major mobsters trying to fill the resulting power vacuum,[14] if not take over the Montreal Mafia himself.[15][16] He, along with Joe Di Maulo and his brother-in-law Raynald Desjardins attempted to take control of Montreal's mafia from the Rizzuto family.[17]

Montagna and Desjardins had a falling out in 2011, later said to be over control of such aspects as loansharking and bookmaking in Montreal.[18]

Death

Police responded to gunshots in a suburban district of Ile aux Tresors on November 24, 2011, and found the body of Salvatore Montagna on the shore of Île Vaudry on the L'Assomption River, in the city of Charlemagne, Quebec, Canada, on Montreal's North Shore region. Witnesses reported that Montagna jumped in the river in an attempt to escape his killers.[19][20] Law enforcement believed that Montagna was brought to the house of convicted smuggler Jack Arthur Simpson, as his vehicle was later found parked on a Montreal street.[21]

By June 2016, authorities were more specific as to how Montagna had died: "Montagna was shot three times inside Simpson's home ... and ran outside in a futile attempt to escape. After crossing a narrow section of the Assomption River, Montagna collapsed and was later declared dead in a hospital".[22]

The police investigation confirmed that Raynald Desjardins had taken part in the plot to murder Montagna,[23] who, at the time, was suspected of trying to shake down Montreal-area construction companies, due to their alliance with the Rizzuto family.[24] A number people were eventually arrested and charged, including Simpson and Desjardins.[25] In 2016, Simpson, Vittorio Mirarchi, Calogero Milioto, Pietro Magistrale, Steven D'Addario, Steven Fracas and Felice Racaniello, all admitted to participating in the plot to kill Montagna and accepted plea deals except for Racaniello.[26] In December 2016, Desjardins received a 14-year prison sentence, including time served.[27]

"The killing [of Montagna] is thought to be tied to a turf war for control of the Montreal Mafia", the CBC reported in 2015.[28]

In popular culture

Montagna was portrayed by Joris Jarsky in the television drama series Bad Blood, which debuted in 2017, surrounding the Rizzuto crime family.

References

  1. ^ (in French) 98.5FM, "La guerre de la mafia se transporte à Charlemagne" 2012-04-05 at the Wayback Machine, Alexandre Lebrun, 25 November 2011 (accessed 25 November 2011)
  2. ^ Macleans, "Ex-N.Y. Mob boss found dead by river near Montreal" 2011-11-25 at the Wayback Machine, Canadian Press, 2011 November 24 (accessed 25 November 2011)
  3. ^ a b New York Post, "Mob boss gets iced" 2011-11-27 at the Wayback Machine, Mitchel Maddux, Tim Perone, 25 November 2011 (accessed 25 November 2011)
  4. ^ a b c New York Daily News, "Former Bonanno crime family boss shot dead in Canada, two years after being deported for refusing to testify" 2011-11-27 at the Wayback Machine, Tina Moore, 24 November 2011 (accessed 25 November 2011)
  5. ^ a b c d Book : Mafia Inc.: The Long, Bloody Reign of Canada's Sicilian Clan by André Cédilot and André Noël, Les Éditions de l'Homme, epilogue
  6. ^ John Marzulli (2006-05-11). "More trials for Basciano". New York Daily News. from the original on August 15, 2011. Retrieved March 22, 2011.
  7. ^ Moynihan, Colin (2011-05-25). "Ex-Mob Boss Says Deputy Sought to Kill Prosecutor". The New York Times. from the original on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2012-03-25.
  8. ^ Marzulli, John (2011-04-14). "Ex-Bonanno Mafia boss Joseph Massino was scared of his wife, recordings reveal". New York Daily News. Retrieved 2012-04-26.
  9. ^ Newsday, "Former Bonanno boss found dead in Canada" 2011-11-28 at the Wayback Machine, Anthony M. Destefano, 24 November 2011 (accessed 25 November 2011)
  10. ^ "Feds: Montagna is new top man for Bonannos 2007-12-08 at the Wayback Machine"
  11. ^ Marzulli, John (2009-04-14). "Bonanno big Salvatore Montagna booted back to boondocks". New York Daily News. from the original on 2013-05-04. Retrieved 2011-11-24.
  12. ^ Capeci, Jerry (2010-01-11). "Mob Murder In Montreal Could Trigger Bloodshed In New York". Huffington Post. from the original on 2011-12-30. Retrieved 2011-11-24.
  13. ^ The Globe and Mail, "Shot down in a ‘sloppy’ hit, another Montreal mobster dies" 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, Les Perreaux, 24 November 2011 (accessed 25 November 2011)
  14. ^ Cherry, Paul (2011-11-24). . Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on 2011-11-27. Retrieved 2011-11-24.
  15. ^ "High-ranking mobster Salvatore Montagna murdered". ctv.ca. 2011-11-24. from the original on 2011-11-27. Retrieved 2011-11-24.
  16. ^ (in French) Journal de Montréal, "Le dauphin du parrain abattu", Daniel Renaud, 25 November 2011 (accessed 25 November 2011)
  17. ^ Cherry, Paul (2016-12-19). "Raynald Desjardins receives 14-year sentence for plot to kill Mafioso". Montreal Gazette. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. from the original on 2018-09-03. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
  18. ^ "Mafia killing: Widow of Salvatore Montagna has harsh words for Raynald Desjardins". cbc.ca. 18 January 2017. from the original on 23 December 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  19. ^ "High-ranking mobster Salvatore Montagna murdered". CTV Montreal. 25 November 2011. from the original on 23 December 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  20. ^ Paul Cherry (2011-11-25). . The Gazette (Montreal). Archived from the original on 2011-11-27. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
  21. ^ "Six arrested in Montagna slaying". Montreal Gazette. from the original on 2018-12-15. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
  22. ^ "Quebec mobster Raynald Desjardins gets 14 years in killing of rival". theglobeandmail.com. 26 June 2016. from the original on 23 December 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  23. ^ . Cbc.ca. 2011-11-24. Archived from the original on 2011-11-25. Retrieved 2011-11-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  24. ^ "NYC Mob Boss Found Dead in Canada". 25 November 2011. from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  25. ^ "Jack Simpson: from portable toilet sales rep to trigger man in Montreal Mafia murder". Montreal Gazette. 14 June 2016. from the original on 23 December 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  26. ^ "Sentence hearing looms for men who worked together to kill Mafioso Salvatore Montagna". montrealgazette.com. 14 June 2016. from the original on 23 December 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  27. ^ "Quebec mobster Raynald Desjardins gets 14 years in killing of rival". theglobeandmail.com. 19 December 2016. from the original on 19 April 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  28. ^ "Raynald Desjardins pleads guilty to conspiracy in Salvatore Montagna murder". CBC. 2015-07-06. from the original on 2019-10-17. Retrieved 2018-12-21.

External links

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Salvatore Sal the Iron Worker Montagna Italian salvaˈtoːre monˈtaɲɲa 1971 November 24 2011 was an Italian Canadian crime boss and acting boss of the Bonanno crime family in New York City as well as the Sicilian faction leader of the Bronx section He had later been associated with the Rizzuto crime family of Montreal Salvatore MontagnaSalvatore Montagna mugshotBorn1971Montreal Quebec CanadaDiedNovember 24 2011 2011 11 24 aged 39 40 Charlemagne Quebec CanadaCause of deathGunshotsOther names Sal the Iron Worker Bambino Boss CitizenshipCanadianItalianOccupation s Crime boss mobsterSpouseFrancesca CarcioneChildren3AllegianceBonanno crime familyRizzuto crime familyMontagna was born in Montreal Quebec Canada in 1971 He was raised in Castellammare del Golfo Sicily In the mid 1980s at the age of 15 his family immigrated to the United States and settled in the Bronx New York He later became an acting caporegime for the Bonanno crime family and by 2004 he was the acting boss of the family in the absence of Vincent Basciano Montagna was a Canadian and Italian citizen and was deported from the United States to Canada in 2009 In Montreal Montagna rivaled with the Rizzuto crime family and after the death of boss Nicolo Rizzuto in 2010 he vied for power In 2011 he had a falling out with Rizzuto mobster Raynald Desjardins and on November 24 2011 his body was found on the shore of Ile Vaudry on the L Assomption River in the city of Charlemagne Quebec In December 2016 Desjardins received a 14 year prison sentence including time served for the murder plot Contents 1 Early life 2 Sal the Iron Worker 3 Acting capo 4 Acting boss 5 Montreal area activities 6 Death 7 In popular culture 8 References 9 External linksEarly life EditMontagna was born in Montreal Quebec in 1971 He was raised in Castellammare del Golfo Sicily In the mid 1980s at the age of 15 his family immigrated to the United States and settled in the Bronx New York 1 It is unclear when Montagna became active in the life of crime or when he became a made man in the Bonanno crime family During the late 1990s Montagna s name was overheard in wiretapped conversations between Boss Joseph Big Joe Massino and other reputed members of the Bonanno crime family He was a dual citizen of Italy and Canada 2 Sal the Iron Worker EditLittle is known of Montagna s personal life other than that he married Francesca Carcione and lived in a modest home in Elmont Long Island with her and their three daughters He started a small metalworking company called Matrix Steel Co located at 50 Bogart Street in Bushwick Brooklyn managed by his wife 3 4 Matrix Steel manufactures structural and rail mill products gray and ductile iron foundry crucibles foundry converters casting machines sizing or embossing presses foundry mold machines and foundry dies and tooling It was around this time that Montagna was given the nickname Sal the Iron Worker 3 Acting capo EditIn 2002 Montagna was arrested along with the crew of Patrick DeFilippo for illegal gambling and loansharking charges 5 He refused to answer questions before a grand jury and was charged with criminal contempt of court 5 He later pleaded guilty to the charge in 2003 and was placed on a five year probation 5 In late 2003 US law enforcement and the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI listed Montagna as an Acting Capo and Caporegime of the Bonanno family on behalf of DeFilippo and the Sicilian faction based in the Bronx Acting boss EditAfter longtime Bonanno boss Big Joe Massino became an informant in 2004 Vincent Vinny Gorgeous Basciano was recognized as the reputed Boss of the Bonanno crime family only to discover that Massino would testify against Basciano as well 6 7 8 In 2006 as Basciano was facing jail time he stated that he would promote the Sicilian faction of the old Bonanno crew back into the family s leadership as Montagna was recognized as the reputed acting boss of the Bonanno crime family from 2006 until 2010 with Nicholas Nicky Mouth Santora as underboss and Anthony Rabito as consigliere making the administration of the Bonanno crime family once again complete At that time Montagna gained the nickname Bambino Boss due to his relatively young age being 35 4 9 In 2008 Montagna was still the reputed acting boss of the Bonannos 10 controlling the entire Bronx faction of the family as the Daily News linked Montagna to known Sicilian Bonanno official Baldassare Baldo Amato On April 6 2009 Montagna was arrested by the U S Immigration and Customs Enforcement as he left Matrix Steel 5 11 The 2003 criminal contempt conviction allowed U S authorities to strip him of his greencard and deport him to Canada he was succeeded by Vincent Badalamenti as Bonanno family boss According to mob writer Jerry Capeci it was understood Montagna would have no standing or authority within Montreal s then dominant Rizzuto crime family 4 12 Montreal area activities EditAfter a slide in power of the Rizzuto family Montagna started to show his influence Months prior to the assassination of Nicolo Rizzuto he had tried to convince the old patriarch to step down and let younger blood rule 13 In 2011 following the assassinations of several major Rizzuto mobsters starting in 2009 Montagna was identified as one of three major mobsters trying to fill the resulting power vacuum 14 if not take over the Montreal Mafia himself 15 16 He along with Joe Di Maulo and his brother in law Raynald Desjardins attempted to take control of Montreal s mafia from the Rizzuto family 17 Montagna and Desjardins had a falling out in 2011 later said to be over control of such aspects as loansharking and bookmaking in Montreal 18 Death EditPolice responded to gunshots in a suburban district of Ile aux Tresors on November 24 2011 and found the body of Salvatore Montagna on the shore of Ile Vaudry on the L Assomption River in the city of Charlemagne Quebec Canada on Montreal s North Shore region Witnesses reported that Montagna jumped in the river in an attempt to escape his killers 19 20 Law enforcement believed that Montagna was brought to the house of convicted smuggler Jack Arthur Simpson as his vehicle was later found parked on a Montreal street 21 By June 2016 authorities were more specific as to how Montagna had died Montagna was shot three times inside Simpson s home and ran outside in a futile attempt to escape After crossing a narrow section of the Assomption River Montagna collapsed and was later declared dead in a hospital 22 The police investigation confirmed that Raynald Desjardins had taken part in the plot to murder Montagna 23 who at the time was suspected of trying to shake down Montreal area construction companies due to their alliance with the Rizzuto family 24 A number people were eventually arrested and charged including Simpson and Desjardins 25 In 2016 Simpson Vittorio Mirarchi Calogero Milioto Pietro Magistrale Steven D Addario Steven Fracas and Felice Racaniello all admitted to participating in the plot to kill Montagna and accepted plea deals except for Racaniello 26 In December 2016 Desjardins received a 14 year prison sentence including time served 27 The killing of Montagna is thought to be tied to a turf war for control of the Montreal Mafia the CBC reported in 2015 28 In popular culture EditMontagna was portrayed by Joris Jarsky in the television drama series Bad Blood which debuted in 2017 surrounding the Rizzuto crime family References Edit in French 98 5FM La guerre de la mafia se transporte a Charlemagne Archived 2012 04 05 at the Wayback Machine Alexandre Lebrun 25 November 2011 accessed 25 November 2011 Macleans Ex N Y Mob boss found dead by river near Montreal Archived 2011 11 25 at the Wayback Machine Canadian Press 2011 November 24 accessed 25 November 2011 a b New York Post Mob boss gets iced Archived 2011 11 27 at the Wayback Machine Mitchel Maddux Tim Perone 25 November 2011 accessed 25 November 2011 a b c New York Daily News Former Bonanno crime family boss shot dead in Canada two years after being deported for refusing to testify Archived 2011 11 27 at the Wayback Machine Tina Moore 24 November 2011 accessed 25 November 2011 a b c d Book Mafia Inc The Long Bloody Reign of Canada s Sicilian Clan by Andre Cedilot and Andre Noel Les Editions de l Homme epilogue John Marzulli 2006 05 11 More trials for Basciano New York Daily News Archived from the original on August 15 2011 Retrieved March 22 2011 Moynihan Colin 2011 05 25 Ex Mob Boss Says Deputy Sought to Kill Prosecutor The New York Times Archived from the original on 2011 05 31 Retrieved 2012 03 25 Marzulli John 2011 04 14 Ex Bonanno Mafia boss Joseph Massino was scared of his wife recordings reveal New York Daily News Retrieved 2012 04 26 Newsday Former Bonanno boss found dead in Canada Archived 2011 11 28 at the Wayback Machine Anthony M Destefano 24 November 2011 accessed 25 November 2011 Feds Montagna is new top man for Bonannos Archived 2007 12 08 at the Wayback Machine Marzulli John 2009 04 14 Bonanno big Salvatore Montagna booted back to boondocks New York Daily News Archived from the original on 2013 05 04 Retrieved 2011 11 24 Capeci Jerry 2010 01 11 Mob Murder In Montreal Could Trigger Bloodshed In New York Huffington Post Archived from the original on 2011 12 30 Retrieved 2011 11 24 The Globe and Mail Shot down in a sloppy hit another Montreal mobster dies Archived 2016 03 03 at the Wayback Machine Les Perreaux 24 November 2011 accessed 25 November 2011 Cherry Paul 2011 11 24 Reputed mobster Salvatore Montagna killed near Montreal Vancouver Sun Archived from the original on 2011 11 27 Retrieved 2011 11 24 High ranking mobster Salvatore Montagna murdered ctv ca 2011 11 24 Archived from the original on 2011 11 27 Retrieved 2011 11 24 in French Journal de Montreal Le dauphin du parrain abattu Daniel Renaud 25 November 2011 accessed 25 November 2011 Cherry Paul 2016 12 19 Raynald Desjardins receives 14 year sentence for plot to kill Mafioso Montreal Gazette Montreal Quebec Canada 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Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link NYC Mob Boss Found Dead in Canada 25 November 2011 Archived from the original on 15 December 2018 Retrieved 21 December 2018 Jack Simpson from portable toilet sales rep to trigger man in Montreal Mafia murder Montreal Gazette 14 June 2016 Archived from the original on 23 December 2018 Retrieved 22 December 2018 Sentence hearing looms for men who worked together to kill Mafioso Salvatore Montagna montrealgazette com 14 June 2016 Archived from the original on 23 December 2018 Retrieved 22 December 2018 Quebec mobster Raynald Desjardins gets 14 years in killing of rival theglobeandmail com 19 December 2016 Archived from the original on 19 April 2017 Retrieved 27 May 2017 Raynald Desjardins pleads guilty to conspiracy in Salvatore Montagna murder CBC 2015 07 06 Archived from the original on 2019 10 17 Retrieved 2018 12 21 External links EditPoliceone com FBI arrests 19 reputed members of N Y crime family by Anthony 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