They raced towards him, shooting him three times in the arm and three times in the back as he tried to run back inside the bar to safety. They also predicted that the murder of an innocent man on holiday with his family would not deter the killers. Gangsters’ paradise: A look at the key figures past and present of the Costa del Crime. The 'feud' has become a one-way street, with the Kinahan cartel responsible for 11 murders since the February 5 attack in the Regency Hotel. Gardai are aware that Kinahan associates in the city have been engaged in what is almost a competition to strike at anyone associated with the Hutch family. Ahern was shot dead and his body stuffed in a freezer at an apartment in Albufiera in September 2005. Again, there are conflicting accounts over Kavanagh's murder, including one that he was murdered after failing to collect a €1m debt from dealers in Dublin for the Kinahan cartel. Unlucky burglar tries to rob home of Guardia Civil agent on Spain’s Costa Blanca. Coates and Sugg's associate Richard Keogh (30) also fled Ireland after an attempt on his life at the house he had bought for him, his partner and child in Duleek, Co Meath, in November 2007. '", In another surveillance exert, Mulvey said: "There'll be a lot of people getting put in the (expletive) ground over this.". Gerard 'Hatchet' Kavanagh, one of the 'four bosses' involved in the massive narcotics empire, was shot nine times as he ran at a bar in the Costa Del Sol. Kavanagh was lured to Harmon's Irish Bar in the upmarket resort of Elviria, near Marbella, by a mystery woman, police believe. "They want to frighten everybody. Fear on the streets as dangerous hitman returns to Dublin from Costa del Sol, Kinahan enforcer Paul Rice turns home into fortress following death threat, 'If people are determined to be ruthless killers not every event can be prevented' - Justice Minister on innocent Trevor O'Neill murder, Minister pledges more resources for gardai to tackle gangs, Close co-operation with Spain's police is part of Garda strategy for 'inevitable' demise of gangs, Gardai hunt for Kinahan cartel henchman who has been on the run for eight years. Local people said Gilroy feared he was being blamed for 'setting up' Cronin and Maloney and fled the country. The investigation continues. In another conversation, he said: "I'm not being funny, dad...did no favours for me.
She was speaking in relation to the murder of innocent Dublin Council worker Trevor O'Neill in Majorca last week. One of the final shots was to the back of Kavanagh's head as he lay dead or dying. Gilroy was from Dublin's north inner city and had been linked to the murder of two men, Michael 'Roly' Cronin (35) and James Maloney (26), who were shot as they sat in a car at Summerhill, Dublin, in January 2009. McKeown, known as 'The Mexican' due to his swarthy complexion and handlebar moustache, was never heard of again. When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. No suspects have been arrested. A certain amount of mystery still surrounds the murder of Kinahan gang associate Paddy Doyle (27), who was shot dead in Marbella in February 2008. Relatives and friends carried out searches and made repeated pleas for information about him without success. The murder of innocent Trevor O'Neill (41), gunned down in front of his partner Suzanne Power and their three children, reinforces the view in Spain that Irish gangsters are out of control and visiting their bloodshed on Spanish holiday resorts. And just 10 days later a 24-year-old Brit was stabbed in the legs by an attacker in Puerto Banus. Doyle was a friend since childhood of Gary Hutch and gardai believe that it was his murder that may have led Hutch to turn on his associates and begin supplying information to Spanish authorities about the Kinahan operations. However, gardai believe Doyle was murdered by the Kinahan cartel rather than the Turks. Keogh moved to Spain and was in the process of setting up a drugs supply route in competition with the Kinahan gang when he was shot 10 times in Benalmadena in January 2009. The whereabouts of his body has never been established.
