Yves "Apache" Trudeau
| Yves Trudeau | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1946 |
| Died | 2008 Quebec, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Other names | Apache, The Mad Bumper |
| Criminal charge | 43 counts of manslaughter |
| Criminal penalty | Life in prison |
| Criminal status | On parole |
Yves "Apache" Trudeau (1946–2008), also known as "The Mad Bumper", is a Canadian former member of the Hells Angels North Chapter outlaw motorcycle gang in Laval, Quebec. Frustrated by cocaine addiction and his suspicion that his fellow gang members wanted him dead he became a government informant. In exchange he received a lenient sentence, life in prison but eligible for parole after seven years, for the killing of 43 people from September 1973 to July 1985.
He was given a new identity, in 1994, when he was granted parole. He was arrested in March 2004 for sexually assaulting a young boy and received four more years. In 2007, Trudeau learned he had cancer and was transferred to a medical centre from Archambault penitentiary.
In the late 1960s, he joined the outlaw motorcycle gang, Popeyes. That Quebec biker gang would become Canada's first Hells Angels chapter. Trudeau was a founding member of the Hells Angels in Quebec in 1977 after the Popeyes patched over.
In September 1979, Trudeau and others broke away from the Montreal Chapter to form the North Chapter, based in Laval. The group would become known for its violent and reckless behavior and excessive drug use. Standing five-foot-six and weighing 135 pounds, Trudeau did not resemble the prototypical biker, but he is considered to be the Hells Angels' most prolific killer.
Trudeau admitted to killing 43 people from September 1973 to July 1985. He was the first Canadian Hells Angel to earn the “Filthy Few” patch, awarded to members who have killed for the gang.
Among his murder victims:
Trudeau claimed that Ryan's successor, Allan "The Weasel" Ross, had offered to pay him $200,000 to eliminate Ryan’s killers, but Ross later told Trudeau to collect from the Halifax Chapter instead. When Trudeau approached the Halifax Chapter about payment, they refused.
This only added to the resentment many Hells Angels already felt towards members of the North Chapter. Other Hells Angels felt that the North Chapter bikers were too wild and uncontrollable. They often used drugs they were supposed to sell and were suspected of cheating other chapters out of drug profits. A decision was made to liquidate the North Chapter, in what would be known in biker history as the Lennoxville massacre.
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