Canada’s No. 2 most wanted fugitive has been arrested in Spain after more than three years on the run.
Quebec provincial police confirmed the arrest of All Boivin in the resort city of Marbella on the country’s southern coast after speaking with Spanish authorities.
“The arrest of All Boivin is an important step for public safety in Quebec and for the fight against organized crime,” the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) said in a June 26 media statement. “It is the result of sustained, rigorous investigative work carried out over a long period of time by the Sûreté du Québec teams, in close collaboration with several police partners in Quebec, Canada and internationally.”
The 36-year-old Quebec resident had been evading capture since February 15, 2023. He was being sought under Canada-wide warrants for numerous drug-related offences, including trafficking, conspiracy to traffic, and possession for the purpose of trafficking, according to the Bolo program, operated by a Canadian charity in partnership with Canada’s police forces.
Boivin is suspected of involvement in several criminal activities that are currently under investigation by multiple law enforcement agencies. He was also wanted for the additional charges of gangsterism, aggravated assault, and arms trafficking since this spring.
Law enforcement in Quebec has accused Boivin of being linked to violent drug-related turf wars that have seen victims tortured and murdered in the province. Some of the torture sessions, which included limb amputations, have been shared on social media platforms.
The Bolo (Be On the Look Out) program had been offering a $100,000 reward for any tip that led to his arrest.
Boivin, who police described as “armed and dangerous,” was thought to be on the run with a female accomplice, 26-year-old Yaulise Lemieux-Bellavance. Quebec police did not disclose if Lemieux-Bellavance had also been captured by Spanish authorities.
The pair were known to use the aliases Jacob Tremblay and Mariane Peto.
Like Turmel, Boivin was suspected by police of having deep ties to the Blood Family Mafia, a crime group that has allegedly been in a bloody turf war against biker gangs in Quebec.
Quebec City Police Chief Denis Turcotte described the BFM in a press release last year as “willing to do anything to take control of drug trafficking, not only in Quebec City, but throughout eastern Quebec.”
Boivin’s reported arrest comes after Canada’s No. 1 most-wanted fugitive, Bryan Fuentes Gramajo, was captured by Montreal police in March.
