The murder of Michel “Doune” Guérin, close to the Hells Angels, could constitute a turning point in the drug scene in Quebec, while traffickers are rising up more than ever against criminal bikers, our Bureau of Investigation has learned.
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“It’s the revolt of the street gangs,” says without hesitation a source who is well versed in the matter.
Our Bureau of Investigation revealed last September that several violent events occurring in Quebec were linked to a new conflict between independent traffickers or those linked to street gangs and the Hells Angels. The former now refused to pay the 10% “tax” to the latter, and had been doing so for several months already (see boxes).
Of all the events that have occurred in Quebec since, the murder of Guérin “marks a turning point” in this war waged by the independents against the Hells Angels, according to another source.
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An “important actor”
This is because Michel “Doune” Guérin would have been asked to resolve conflicts concerning sales territories or to recover the cut due to outlawed bikers in recent years, according to police documents consulted by our Bureau of Investigation. Guérin seemed to be an “important actor” in this process, we are told.
But street gangs and independents no longer want to follow these rules. And that they would no longer tolerate being “disgusted” by the “warriors” linked to the Hells Angels, who are mandated to go and recover the “tax”, reveals a source.
“They identified the influential players who allowed this business to continue to exist. And Doune was the one who collected the money for a pack of Hells and passed it around,” explains an informant, who recalls that Guérin was well established in the legal economy with his businesses.
Our sources believe that the violent events linked to this conflict are unlikely to run out of steam.
“There will be others,” sums up one of them.
“They will throw Molotov cocktails, burn their tanks, shoot into their homes. It’s crazy steep and it’s quite worrying,” fears another.
The next generation leaves the ship
It remains to be seen how the aging Hells Angels will react to this new affront. There is a lack of replacements in the ranks of criminal bikers, our informants note.
“Their school clubs are slipping away. They are the ones who should be doing the work for members in good standing, and they are not doing it,” explains a source.
“They have the dog,” adds another.
This situation creates a “paradigm shift” mainly in Quebec, our sources continue. The Hells “no longer have the respect of anyone” in the capital, summarizes an observer.
“Who is going to be at the top of the pyramid at the end? I don’t know,” he finishes.
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The origin of the conflict
– The tense situation in the world of drug trafficking in Quebec stems from a conflict between David “Pic” Turmel – the head of the Blood Mafia Family (or BMF), a “red” street gang very active in trafficking narcotics on the South Shore of Quebec – and Mathieu Pelletier, member in good standing of the Hells Angels.
– Turmel would now refuse to pay its share to criminal bikers. The rule is that all trafficking networks – whether or not they are run by the Hells Angels – systematically pay a “tax” representing 10% of their revenue to be able to carry out their activities in territory controlled by the bikers.
Several violent events linked to this conflict
- In March, the residence of Hells Angels Mathieu Pelletier was reportedly targeted by bullets.
- In August, the car of Dominic Simard, better known by his rapper name, Furious Madman, who is also a member of the Hells school club, was reportedly set on fire.
- At the end of October and November, two buildings in Beauce fell prey to flames. The tenants of these buildings are linked to the Hells Angels, according to The Press.