Convicted Killer Revealed to Have Placed $100K Hit on Montreal Journalist

Frédérick Silva confessed to offering a contract on reporter Daniel Renaud during his 2021 trial, though the plot was later abandoned.

Montreal crime reporter Daniel Renaud was the target of a $100,000 assassination plot revealed by convicted killer-turned-informant Frédérick Silva.
The contract was issued in 2021 while Renaud was covering Silva's trial for multiple murders, but it was never carried out and later canceled.
Quebec Premier François Legault condemned the plot, emphasizing the importance of protecting journalists from threats tied to organized crime.
The revelation has unsettled Quebec's journalism community, with parallels drawn to past attacks on reporters, such as the 2000 shooting of Michel Auger.
Silva, now serving a life sentence, disclosed the plot as part of a full confession to authorities when he became a police informant in 2022.