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Francesco (Chit) Del Balso, one of the men who admitted he acted as a leader in the Montreal Mafia following a major investigation into the Rizzuto organization, was unable to meet with his parole officers recently out of concerns for his safety.

Del Balso, 49, was granted a statutory release in January while he continues to serve the 11-year sentence he was left with in 2008 after he pleaded guilty to a gangsterism charge related to how he and five other men, including Nicolo (Zio Cola) Rizzuto, ran the Montreal Mafia between 2003 and 2006 while the organization was under investigation inProject Colisée. Del Balso also sold 10 kilograms of cocaine to the Hells Angels while he was being investigated. He was returned behind bars last year after he threatened to put TVA reporter Félix Séguin “in a container” for having published images of his home.

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Del Balso was released in January after serving the 30-day sentence he received in December for making the threat, but was ordered to continue following a series of conditions because the sentence he received in Project Colisée does not expire until October.