Hit Man Offered $100,000 to Kill Montreal Crime Reporter Covering His Trial

Hit Man Offered $100,000 to Kill Montreal Crime Reporter Covering His Trial
The offices of La Presse are shown in Montreal, on Nov. 8, 2018. The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes
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Montreal news outlet La Presse says a hit man offered $100,000 to have one of its crime reporters assassinated.

La Presse says convicted killer Frédérick Silva, who turned police informant in 2022, confessed to issuing the contract in 2021 on investigative reporter Daniel Renaud, but the hit was never carried out.