B.C. gang member who fled to Puerto Rico sentenced to 15 years for conspiracy
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VANCOUVER – Police say a man involved in British Columbia’s deadly gang conflict who fled to Puerto Rico to dodge murder and conspiracy charges has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.
The Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit says Conor D’Monte has been in custody since he was extradited back to Canada in March 2024.
The unit, which investigates gangs and organized crime, says D’Monte conspired to murder the Bacon brothers and their associates, rivals involved in B.C.’s gang conflict in 2008 and 2009 between the Red Scorpions and the United Nations gang.
Police say D’Monte was charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in January 2011, but he left Canada before he could be apprehended.
A statement from the gang unit says investigators “relentlessly pursued” D’Monte for 11 years, and he was arrested in Puerto Rico in February 2022.
Sgt. Sarbjit Sangha says the deadly violence happened during “one of the most turbulent periods of gang conflict in British Columbia’s history,” and several other UN gang members were also charged and convicted for crimes during that era.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 1, 2026.