Francesco 'Chit' Del Balso revisted

Francesco 'Chit' Del Balso, 53, had a six figure contract on his head when much of his face was blown off on June 5 2023.

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He tried to flee the country but was stopped at Montreal’s Trudeau International Airport. His passport was confiscated, and he returned home knowing he was wanted dead. Twice before hitmen had tried to kill him. Del Balso had a reputation for being impulsive and hot-tempered.

Montreal cops were looking for a Dodge Ram 1500 pickup truck they say was the getaway vehicle in the slaying of Del Balso in Dorval. There have been no arrests.

He went to a fitness club in Dorval, on the West Island of Montreal, for a meeting with a member of the Hells Angels. Del Balso threw his lot in with top levels of HAMC leadership. His fate was waiting for him. The killer made no mistake. Del Balso never knew what hit him and probably died before he hit the ground. He lay cooling for hours as police investigated.

Del Balso was behind the attempted hit on Leonardo Rizzuto March 15. The cop thesis is Del Balso, a specialist in extortion and sports betting, sought retaliation on Rizzuto for a shooting from which he escaped in Laval in November 2022.

A clip from CBC's The Fifth Estate - 'Crime Pays'

The entourage of Hells Angels include Martin Robert, Stéphane Plouffe and Michel Lamontagne. Martin Robert and Stéphane Plouffe were among the bikers who were "associated" with the Rizzuto clan in 2021. Del Balso was notably seated with Robert, Plouffe and Lamontagne to mark the latter's 46th birthday, on May 29, 2021 in a restaurant in  Rivière-des-Prairies. Lamontagne was busted, and later beat a possession of a handgun charge.