Toronto restaurateur may have been killed over associates’ cocaine debt to Mexican cartel, sources say
Slain wine bar owner Paolo Caputo’s brother is serving a life sentence for murder tied to plot involving a 200 kilogram shipment of cocaine. Sources say a $5-million debt over that shipment is unpaid.
News Aug 21, 2019 by Peter Edwards Toronto Star
A Roncesvalles wine bar owner may have been shot dead Friday afternoon because his associates had an outstanding $5-million debt to a Mexican drug cartel, police and underworld sources say.
Paolo Caputo, 64, of Richmond Hill, was killed in a targeted shooting in front of Domani Restaurant, on Roncesvalles Ave. near Grenadier Rd., shortly after 4 p.m. on Friday.
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It's odd, Canada, population just under 40 million but they have fairly regularly, stories of organized crime there. Those biker busts reported here about a month ago, were basically organized crime. Just not the kind we usually expect. Canada has had this organized crime for a long time, usually showing itself in Toronto or Montreal apparently.
