Former local boss Mafia died Wednesday after he was shot in a car in the middle of a busy highway near French The city of Grenobl, local authorities and sources close to the case, told the French AFP agency.
Jean-Pierre Malder, 71 years old, died from wounds after shooting On Wednesday morning, civil defense and regional prosecutor's office reported.
Malder was one of the so-called Franco-Italyan guys mafia It terrorized the southeastern city in the 1980s, along with its brother Robert, close to the case, AFP said.
Robert Malder nicknamed “Il Patszo” (“Crazy” by -Italian) went missing at the age of 55 in 2015, the source added. It disappeared after visiting a meeting on the outskirts of Gennob, and his car was discovered two months later in the parking lot nearby, nearby, BBC NEWS reports.
At the time, the prosecutor stated that there were good grounds to believe he had been killed.
Both brothers went to jail in 2004 in case of alleged extortion, money laundering and the purchase of sex workers, but were released next year from the technical deficiency that thwarted the case.
According to another source, after the investigation, Jean-Pierre Malder was shot dead from another car, which he then left.
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The video circulating on the Internet showed that the white car stopped in the middle of the highway and its driver's window crashed.
Le Daupphine Liber, Local Newspaper, report Three -four militants who were driving in a stolen car fired at him when he was driving, and then knocked him away when he tried to avoid the car on foot. The allegedly used military level weapons, such as Kalashnikov's rifle to kill, BBC News reports.
The accumulated remains of their car were found shortly after the parking lot, said in the message.
The AFP photographer saw a blackened parking lot after the police removed what was left of the vehicle.
The so-called Maldera clan, which belonged to Jean-Pierre and Robert, was dismantled in 1984. At the time, their father was recognized by about one million French francs (about $ 165,000) in Treasury bonds.
The source that investigated the Malder brothers told France 3 that Jean-Pierre was a brain behind her work, while Robert was heartfelt, BBC News reports.