Canada’s Most Wanted Fugitive All Boivin Captured in Spain After Three Years on the Run
The accused architect of Quebec’s savage drug war against the Hells Angels — and the man who topped Canada’s most-wanted list — has been run to ground in a Spanish resort town. His arrest closes one of the longest fugitive hunts in recent Quebec history.
All Boivin, 36, of Saguenay, Quebec — long considered the most wanted fugitive in Canada — has been arrested in Spain after more than three years on the run, the Sûreté du Québec announced Friday, June 26. Boivin was captured in Marbella, a resort city on Spain’s southern Costa del Sol, by the European Operational Team, a law enforcement unit affiliated with the European Union, working with the SQ, the RCMP and Interpol.
The Charges
Boivin had been sought on Canada-wide warrants since February 15, 2023. The case against him is severe and wide-ranging.
- Gangsterism — criminal organization charges
- Aggravated assault and kidnapping / forcible confinement
- Drug trafficking and weapons trafficking
- A series of violent break-and-enters
The arrest warrant was authorized on April 24 but kept under seal to protect the investigation until prosecutors made it public in May. Because Boivin was outside the country when the offences were allegedly committed in spring 2024, police believe he ordered the crimes on behalf of his organization — which, under Canadian law, makes him equally culpable.
The Architect of a Drug War
Boivin is accused of being one of the central figures in the brutal conflict that erupted in 2023, when independent traffickers and the Blood Family Mafia began challenging the Hells Angels’ long-standing grip on the Quebec drug trade. The revolt spread across the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec City and Côte-Nord regions.
The war has been defined by acts of extreme brutality — kidnappings, torture, and mutilation, some of it filmed and circulated on social media to spread fear. In one court ruling, a judge summarized police testimony describing victims having ears, fingers and toes cut off. The stated aim of the violence: to seize territory for drug sales and to punish those who continued buying from the Hells Angels.
From the BFM to the North Savage Gang
For years Boivin’s name was tied to Dave “Pic” Turmel, the alleged leader of the Blood Family Mafia (BFM) and a fellow top-ranked fugitive. The two topped the BOLO Program’s most-wanted list together in December 2024. But after Turmel’s arrest in Italy in March 2025, a split occurred.
Following Turmel’s capture and a wave of BFM arrests, those who remained loyal to Boivin are said to have broken away to form the North Savage Gang (NSG) — a name believed to reference the organization’s Saguenay roots. According to police and organized-crime experts, the NSG has since become the Hells Angels’ principal adversary across eastern Quebec, and was the explicit target of an SQ operation in the Québec City and Lévis region in May.
Criminologist Maria Mourani has noted that the arrest of a leader like Boivin will force a short-term reorganization of the NSG — much as the BFM splintered after Turmel’s capture. But she cautions the impact on the broader drug war may be limited: the conflict that began in 2023 remains active, and the Hells Angels have been left visibly weakened, facing threats from the NSG, independents, and Montreal groups eyeing their territory. Boivin’s partner, Yaulise Lemieux-Bellavance, also wanted by authorities, was not announced as arrested and is believed to remain at large.
Boivin is expected to face extradition proceedings in the coming weeks — the same process that continues to keep Dave Turmel detained in Italy more than a year after his own arrest.
- Sûreté du Québec — Official communiqué on the arrest of All Boivin (June 26, 2026)
- CBC News / Radio-Canada — “Canada’s most wanted fugitive, a Quebecer, arrested in Spain” (June 26, 2026)
- Global News — “Spain police arrest one of Canada’s most wanted fugitives” (June 26, 2026)
- La Presse — “La police a capturé All Boivin en Espagne” (June 26, 2026)
- Le Soleil — Reporting on the North Savage Gang and Quebec drug war
- The Canadian Press — Boivin arrest report (June 26, 2026)