Once Canada’s most notorious criminals, Mom Boucher had been behind bars for two decades for ordering the assassination of two of the prison guards’ union members. A prominent Hells Angels kingpin in the late 1990s, he died of throat cancer at the age of 69
He was once Canada’s most notorious criminal, the public face of a savage turf war over drug trafficking that left more than 160 people dead, forced a massive deployment of police resources and amendments to the Criminal Code.
The two murders were part of a plot to destabilize society and clinch the loyalty of Mr. Boucher’s henchmen, court later heard.His criminal empire collapsed shortly after, in a major crackdown in 2001. “He has come ... to the hour of choice,” the report said, stating that Mr. Boucher could go clean and follow in his father’s footsteps. He chose to dive deeper into the criminal life.
In 1995, Mr. Boucher and other senior bikers founded the Nomads, an elite Hells Angels chapter that would direct the war. More than 160 people died, several of them bystanders, including Daniel Desrochers, an 11-year-old fatally injured by a car bomb.
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