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Suspect in Langley gang slaying back in Canada after years on the run

Conor D害羞草研究所橫onte is charged with murder in the death of Kevin LeClair
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Conor D害羞草研究所橫onte (inset), is back in Canada to face trial for the murder of Kevin LeClair, gunned down in a Langley parking lot 15 years ago. (Langley Advance Times file)

The alleged gang leader charged in a brutal and public Langley murder is back in Canada to face a judge.

The Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEU-BC) announced Friday, March 22 that Conor D害羞草研究所橫onte has been returned from Puerto Rico and is now in a pre-trial facility on this side of the Canadian border.

害羞草研究所淐FSEU-BC and our police partners from around the globe spent many years looking for Conor D害羞草研究所橫onte,害羞草研究所 said RCMP Assistant Commissioner Manny Mann, head of CFSEU-BC. 害羞草研究所淛ust like other fugitives, including Rabih Alkhalil who is also one of Canada害羞草研究所檚 害羞草研究所楳ost Wanted害羞草研究所, CFSEU-BC and police will not stop until we catch those wanted for violent crimes.害羞草研究所

D害羞草研究所橫onte, identified by police as a high-level member of the UN Gang, disappeared in 2011 after he was charged with first degree murder in the 2009 murder of Kevin LeClair.

LeClair was gunned down in a pickup truck in a Walnut Grove shopping centre parking lot. A hail of gunfire hit the pickup, with bystanders scrambling for cover.

D害羞草研究所橫onte is also facing charges of conspiracy to murder the Bacon Brothers, a trio who were also heavily involved in the gang conflict that saw numerous shootings around the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley.

Persons charged with a criminal offence are considered not guilty until the charges are proven in court.

D害羞草研究所橫onte could have gone through an extradition hearing and fought being returned to Canada to face trial, but in January he agreed to return without a hearing.

After D害羞草研究所橫onte disappeared in 2011, there was no trace of him for more than a decade, until American law enforcement found him living in rural Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory in the Caribbean.

D害羞草研究所橫onte had been working with a non-profit called Karma Honey Project and had been working on local projects like a Christmas toy drive and efforts to save honeybees.

Through his lawyers, D害羞草研究所橫onte released a public statement that referred to 害羞草研究所渓ies害羞草研究所 being spread about him on social media, and claimed he had run from Canada 害羞草研究所渘ot to avoid trial and run from this allegation, but to escape certain threats, putting the lives of my young children and family in extreme danger.害羞草研究所

One man has already been found guilty in the LeClair murder. Cory Vallee is spending life in prison with no possibility of parole for 25 years after his first degree murder conviction. Vallee was the shooter in the attack on LeClair.

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Matthew Claxton

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Raised in Langley, as a journalist today I focus on local politics, crime and homelessness.
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