The former mafia godfather shot the French highway for 10 years after his brother was mysteriously disappeared
The former local chief of the mafia died on Wednesday after being shot in a car in the middle of a traffic highway nearby French The city of Grenoble, local authorities and sources close to that case for the French news agency AFP.
Jean-Pierre Malder, 71, died of wounds after shooting On Wednesday morning, civilian defense and the regional prosecution announced.
Maldera was one of the so-called godfathers of the Franco-Italians mafia This was terrorized by the Southeast city in the 1980s, along with his brother Robert, a source close to that case told AFP.
Robert Malder, nicknamed “Il Pazzo” (“Madman” in Italian), disappeared at the age of 55 in 2015, the source added. He disappeared after attending a meeting at the Granoble Peripperor’s outskirts, and his car was discovered two months later in a parking lot nearby, BBC News reported.
The plaintiff at the time said there was a good reason to believe he was killed.
Both brothers were in prison in 2004 in the case of alleged extortion, money laundering and procurement of sex workers, but were then released next year because of the technical flaw that prevented the case.
According to the second source after the investigation, Jean-Pierre Malder was shot from another car, which he then rushed.
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The videos circulating on the net showed a white car stopped in the middle of the highway and the driver’s window broke.
Le Dauphine Libere, Local Newspaper, reported Three to four weapons driving in a stolen vehicle shot at him while driving, then shot him as he tried to escape from his car on foot. The attackers allegedly used a military class weapon, such as Kalashnikov rifle, to conduct murder, BBC News reported.
The burned remains of their vehicle were found shortly thereafter in the parking lot several kilometers, it was stated.
The AFP photographer saw a blackened soil of parking lot after the police removed what was left of the vehicle.
The so-called Malder’s clan to which Jean-Pierre and Robert belonged was dismantled in 1984. At that time, it was found that their father had about one million French francs (about $ 165,000) in cashier’s bonds.
The source that explored the brothers of Malder told France 3 that Jean-Pierre was a brain behind their surgery, while Robert was Brawn, according to BBC News.
