War in Quebec: Hells Mario “Banana” Auger went to Europe to try to resolve the conflict with Dave “Pic” Turmel

The Hells Angels suffered a scathing affront by sending one of their most influential members to Europe in the hope of negotiating a truce with exiled young kingpin Dave “Pic” Turmel in the war between his gang of traffickers to bikers.

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Mario “Banana” Auger, a Hells color bearer in the Quebec chapter for more than 25 years, tried in vain to defuse the conflict as soon as it broke out, almost a year ago, our Bureau learned. ‘investigation.

According to our sources, Auger went to Europe in recent months to request a meeting with Turmel, where the latter is on the run since he is wanted by the Quebec police for crimes linked to drug trafficking and violence .

In their negotiation strategy, the Hells would even have been ready to entrust the Turmel traffickers with the exclusivity of the lucrative narcotics market in the Limoilou district, in the lower town of Quebec.

But Auger would have been very poorly received by the boss at the head of the Blood Family Mafia (BFM) gang. Not wishing to negotiate, “Pic” and his men in Europe made it clear to the veteran biker that it was in his interest to return to Quebec on the first available flight.

Bloody video

This is also the name of Mario Auger that a Hells sympathizer repeated after having his ear cut off by henchmen from the Turmel gang, in a shocking video obtained by our Bureau of Investigation and broadcast on Monday.

“It’s because of Mario Auger, it’s because of Banana,” said the injured man in a terrified voice to explain the reason for the savage attack of which he was the victim, repeating what his armed assailants had ordered him to do. to say to the camera.

Drug thefts

In addition to being involved in several armed attacks and arson attacks over the past year in the greater Quebec region, the two gangs are said to have stolen large shipments of drugs from each other.

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Last week, a runner responsible for transporting narcotics to supply BFM traffickers in the Quebec region was allegedly robbed of a large quantity of cocaine and cannabis after being attacked by mobsters in the pay of the Hells.

According to our information, the Hells, however, suffered a much greater loss, in 2023, when men from the Turmel gang stole the contents of a drug cache from Hells traffickers which contained a large quantity of cocaine. The value of this theft could go up to $1 million.

Who is Mario “Banana” Auger?

The name of the Hells Angels veteran from the Quebec chapter was mentioned as one of those responsible for the violent conflict between them and a gang of traffickers led by kingpin Dave Turmel, in a bloody video released Monday by our Bureau of Investigation. Here are some of his achievements in the biker gang.

• Member of the Hells Angels of the Quebec chapter since May 26, 1998.
• He would have financial interests in the narcotics market in the regions of Quebec, Chaudière-Appalaches, Bellechasse, Beauce and Abitibi-Témiscamingue, according to police documents that our Bureau of Investigation consulted.
• In 2019, he regained his freedom after spending nearly ten years behind bars for his role in murder plots linked to the biker war against Rock Machine. He allegedly took advantage of his detention to convert to Buddhism, according to parole reports.
• Sentenced to 70 months in prison for drug trafficking, conspiracy and gangsterism in 2002 following the 4H investigation project where the police established that Auger had set up the first distribution network of synthetic drugs (ecstasy) in the Hells in the Quebec region.

• He held the position of sergeant-at-arms of the Quebec chapter of the Hells during the biker war between them and the Rock Machine at the end of the 1990s and thus, he had to assume responsibilities in the preparation of armed attacks against the clan enemy.
• Auger would have been involved in three murders committed during the biker war where the Hells killed three innocent victims by confusing them with Rock Machine, according to what the ex-Hells Angels of Quebec declared under oath to the Sûreté du Québec , Dayle Fredette, who became an informer in Operation SharQc. The victims were Jean-Marc Emond, murdered on November 3, 1999 in the Sainte-Foy industrial park, Daniel Savard, shot dead on February 10, 2000 in Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier and Dany Beaudin, shot dead on April 17, 2000 in Saint-Frédéric-de-Beauce.
• “Mario Auger was sergeant-at-arms and I was his assistant. I was with Mario Auger all the time when we talked about the war,” the informer Fredette told the police.