Quebec Biker War

Quebec Biker War
Part of organized crime in Canada
Colors of the Quebec Nomad chapter of the Hells Angels
Date1994–2002
Location
Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Caused byDrug trade criminal disputes
Resulted inHells Angels victory[1][2][3][4]
  • Alliance decimated[5]
  • Defection of Rock Machine members to the Hells Angels[6][7]
  • The Rock Machine merges with the Bandidos in 2001[8]
  • Hostilities end due to police crackdown in 2002[5]
  • The Bandidos cede Quebec to the Hells Angels in 2003[9]
Parties

Hells Angels MC

  • Death Riders MC
  • Demon Keepers MC
  • Evil Ones MC
  • Jokers MC
  • Rockers MC
  • Rowdy Crew

Support:

The Alliance

Lead figures

Giovanni Cazzetta

  • Sylvain Pelletier †[10]
  • Harold Pelletier
  • Michel Duclos

Jacques Parizeau (1994–1996)
Lucien Bouchard (1996–2001)
Bernard Landry (2001–2002)

Casualties
Death(s)162[11]
Injuries180+[12]
Detained100+[13]

The Quebec Biker War (French: Guerre des motards au Québec) was a turf war in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, lasting from 1994 to 2002, between the Quebec branch of the Hells Angels and the Rock Machine. The war left 162 people dead, including civilians.[11] There were also 84 bombings and 130 cases of arson.[14] In March 2002, American journalist Julian Rubinstein wrote about the biker war: "Considering how little attention the story has attracted outside Canada, the toll is staggering: 162 dead, scores wounded. The victims include an 11-year-old boy killed by shrapnel from one of the more than 80 bombs bikers planted around the province. Even the New York Mafia in its heyday never produced such carnage, or so terrorized civilians."[11]

  1. ^ Lejtenyi, Patrick (27 October 2016). "How the Hells Angels Conquered Canada". Vice. Archived from the original on 2017-10-05. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
  2. ^ Edwards, Peter (7 September 2021). "Inside the new constitution of a resurrected Canadian motorcycle gang". The Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 30 April 2022.
  3. ^ Sher & Marsden 2003, p. 217.
  4. ^ Bandidos flaunt brutal pedigree Julian Sher, The Globe and Mail (11 April 2006) Archived 1 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ a b Quebec's biker war started 25 years ago today Paul Cherry, Montreal Gazette (13 July 2019)
  6. ^ Langton 2010, p. 22-23.
  7. ^ Hells Angels' wing clipped Tomothy Appleby, The Globe and Mail (22 June 2005)
  8. ^ Edward Winterhalder & Wil De Clercq (2008). The Assimilation. ECW Press. ISBN 978-1-55022-824-3. Retrieved 2010-05-14.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ Edwards 2010, p. 126.
  10. ^ "10 Incidents of the Quebec Biker War". Archived from the original on 2018-12-01. Retrieved 2018-12-01.
  11. ^ a b c Rubinstein, Julian (March 2002). "Highway to Hell". Details. Archived from the original on 2016-09-16. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
  12. ^ Dans l’antichambre d’une guerre sans merci Éric Thibault, Le Journal de Montréal (9 December 2017) Archived 2 March 2022 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ "York University, Organized Crime in Canada". Archived from the original on 2009-02-08. Retrieved 2007-08-02.
  14. ^ Organized Crime Fact Sheet Archived October 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine- Public Safety Canada