Gang Leader Sentenced for BC Murders

0:00It's April 2nd, Canada news today starts now, AI powered and ready, I'm Cory with the story. A man central to British Columbia's brutal gang wars just got slapped with a 15-year prison sentence for murder and conspiracy charges. Connor Demonte fled to Puerto Rico to avoid getting caught, but cops brought him back through extradition in March 2024. This goes back to the fierce rivalry between the Red Scorpions and United Nations gangs in 2008 and 2009. Demonte plotted hits on the Bacon Brothers and their allies during that bloody turf battle. Charges hit him in January 2011 for first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder, but he vanished before arrest. That sparked an intense pursuit across borders. Investigators chased him relentlessly for 11 years, finally napping him in Puerto Rico in February 2022. He's been in custody ever since the hand over to Canada. That era marked one of the most chaotic chapters in British Columbia gang history, with other

1:00United Nations members convicted too. Just as finally caught up on this piece of the puzzle.