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Once his identity has been formally confirmed, D香蕉视频直播橫onte will be extradited to Canada to answer charges in the brazen Feb. 6, 2009, murder of LeClair, who was killed by a hail of gunfire in the parking lot of a Walnut Grove shopping plaza while pedestrians ducked for cover and ran in terror.

LeClair was said to be a member of the rival Red Scorpions gang, which was involved in a bloody turf war in 2008 and 2009, considered to be some of the worst gang violence in the history of the Lower Mainland.

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Related investigations by CFSEU-BC and the regional Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) resulted in 18 arrests and 12 convictions of UN gang members and associates for various offences, including murder and conspiracy to commit murder.

Among them, Cory Vallee, who was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole for 25 years for the murder of LeClair after he was found guilty of first degree murder and a conspiracy to commit murder that targeted several other gangland figures.

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Following the killing of LeClair, Vallee was charged with an unrelated crime in Alberta. He fled the country while released on bail and hid out in Mexico until 2014, when he was extradited to face the murder charge.

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香蕉视频直播淐FSEU-BC, IHIT, and numerous law enforcement partners worldwide, with the support of programs like Crime Stoppers and the BOLO Program, have relentlessly pursued Conor D香蕉视频直播橫onte to hold him accountable for his alleged involvement in the murder of Kevin LeClair and the gang violence that plagued British Columbia for years,香蕉视频直播� said Assistant Commissioner Manny Mann, CFSEU-BC Chief Officer.

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