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Yves Trudeau
By Jordi Collins
Yves Trudeau
Background
"You have killed more people than the Canadian military in the Gulf War..." - Judge Michel Duceppe
Basic Information
Yves "Apache" Trudeau AKA "The Mad Bumper"
Date of Birth: 1946 in arrest records, (1944, Montreal's Irish Mafia)
- Abusive father
- Good relationship with his mother
- 43 counts of manslaughter
Guns Bombs Baseball Bats
Strangulation
29 10 3 1
"The Grande Noirceur"
The Grande Noirceur
- 1936- 1960
-Union Nationale Party (Conservative vs Liberal)
- Hedonism
- Self indulgence and pursuit of pleasure
-Illegitimate births and heavy drug use
-Backlash, "Suffocating" conformism
-Biker gangs created
-1%er bikers (law biding citizens vs outlaws)
Employment
Employment
CIL- Canadian Industries Limited
-Worked with explosives
Addictions
Cocaine
Addicted to Cocaine, and smoked cigarettes
"Most of the hit men I've met have been cokeheads, and they usually coke up before doing the killings," he says. "Makes it a little easier. Not all of them, but alcoholism and drug use is very common among hit men." - James Dubro, Crimes Journalist
The Popeye's
Gang Involvement
-Trudeau joined late 1960's
-Also run by Yves Buteau (Le boss) and Michel Langlois
- Eventually led
- Caught attention of Hells Angels
- patched over on the 5th of December, 1977
"He was very professional, very meticulous, and that's why they used his services."
Hells Angels
3 International Rules: no rape, no drugs by injection, and no swindling
- Most were tall, 300-400 pounds with Beards
-Awarded the filthy few patch
-Created a new chapter in the North (Drugs and swindling)
-Lennoxville massacre
Murders
- Payed, told to do so to prove loyalty
Murders
Jean Marie Veil- Shot to death while attempting to steal a motorcycle from the club - 1970
"You wouldn't believe it" Murders
-On 21 March 1978, Trudeau assassinated the president of the Montreal chapter of the Outlaws, Gilles Cadorette, with a bomb he planted in his car.
-On 10 November 1978, Trudeau assassinated an Outlaw leader, Brian Powers, by knocking on his door and shooting him in the head 9 times when he answered.
-Donald McLean, a member of the rival Outlaws gang, and his girlfriend Carmen Piche, blown up in 9 May 1979 when a bomb attached to McLean's Harley-Davidson exploded.
-Jeanne Desjardins, a grandmother, killed in February 1980 for trying to help her son, ex-Hells Angel André Desjardins. Trudeau beat her to death and then killed her son and his girlfriend. The bodies of the latter two were dumped in the St. Lawrence River.
-Charlie Hachez, a member of the North Chapter, Owed Frank Ryan ( Montreal Chapter) $150,000 in drug money because of his addiction.
- Kindnapping plan, liquidating or cutting off the supply of Cocaine.
-Hachez was lured to a meeting, killed, and his body dumped in the St. Lawrence River.
-Denis "Le Cure" Kennedy, leader of the kidnapping plot.
-Gunned down by Trudeau after being invited to go out for some drinks at a local bar. "That's the thing about biker gangs like the Hells Angels. They talk about a brotherhood but when they find someone is no longer useful they just get rid of him."
Boom.
-Frank Ryan was murdered on 13 November 1984, Trudeau was hired by Allan "the Weasel" Ross for revenge.
-25 November 1984 a television set stuffed with explosives delivered to Paul April's apartment.
-Michel Blass, gifted the TV to April and the other killers.
-Hells Angels Forever
-Trudeau used remote control to detonate the bomb.
Explosion killed four targets, injured eight innocent.
Lennoxville massacre
The Clubhouse
-Trudeau was given $98,000 to kill Frank Ryan's killers
- Montreal Chapter was entitled to 1/4 of the money.
-Hells Angels had enough, "liquidate the North Chapter."
- Meeting at Sherbrooke Chapter Clubhouse. 5 Deaths.
- Detox.
- Remove tattoos and leave the club.
Safety
-1985, Trudeau pleaded guilty to 43 counts of manslaughter.
-Estimated 30 to 35 of his victims were other motorcycle gang members or sympathizers.
-Trudeau also testified on 40 other murders and 15 attempted murders.
Sentenced to life in prison, eligibility for parole in seven years.The government also gave him $10,000/yr and $35 a week for cigarettes
Informant
In the deal he names 95 murders, 34 of whom were dead at the time of the statement. His statements lead to 13 members of the Hells Angels being convicted of crimes
The Deal
Denis Côté
-Trudeau given parole in 1994 and given a new identity.
- Worked in a nursing home, but was laid off in 2000.
- Slipped back into addiction, 6 accounts of sexual assault on a 13yr old boy.
- Sentinced to 4 year prison term.
Denis Côté
2006 Diagnosed with bone-marrow cancer.
2008 given parole, so long as he makes no contact with victims.
Died 2008, age 62.
Final years
Power & Control/ Thrill Seeker
Due to the gang, never being afraid of the law. Gained attention from Hells Angels. Very Organized, disposed most of his bodies in the same spot.
Killed for money, and acceptance.
Childhood abuse, not motivated by lust or feelings
"He had absolutely no conscience, no respect for human life at all."
Type of serial Killer
-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yves_Trudeau_(biker)
-https://upclosed.com/people/yves-trudeau/
-https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/zm3y4e/how-canadas-most-prolific-hit-man-turned-informant-on-the-hells-angels
-https://onepercenterbikers.com/yves-trudeau-apache-hells-angels/
-https://www.dawsonenglishjournal.ca/article/179/