Canadian cops: Pair had no mob links

By Rob Lamberti
Toronto Sun, February 25, 2006

The Woodbridge couple murdered in a tony Mexican resort were not known to organized crime investigators in Canada.

Police sources say they have never heard of Domenico Ianiero, 59, and his wife Annunziata, 55, until they were murdered in their hotel room at the Barcelo Baya Beach Resort.

"Nothing, nothing at all," the source said of the amount of information Canadian police have on the victims, who have no records.

Mob expert Antonio Nicaso, with risk consulting company Soave Strategy Group, agreed the slayings aren't related to organized crime.

Nicaso fears Mexican authorities, who have been telling reporters that the slayings were a planned hit, are following the wrong paths in their hunt for suspects.

"I don't think this is a mob hit," he said. "Why did they use a kitchen knife? The Mafia is capable (of getting) a gun down there and kill them."