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Contrabandista! The busting of a heroin empire
The following text passages are from the book Contrabandista! The busting of a heroin empire, by Evert Clark and Nicholas Horrock.
Page 18:
An excerpt from a French police report describing Ricord's activities states:
"He used to frequent the Maison des Anciens Combattants Français,
which then became a veritable haven for international gangsters…One of
his principal associates is Christian David, the murderer of the Paris Police
Commissaire Gallibert."
Page 57:
This time the "family" he met went beyond Louis Bonsignour's cautious
blood relatives. In a lawyer's office at 1800 Calle La Valle, he sat down with
Auguste Ricord, Luis the Argentine, whom he already knew, and five men introduced
only as François, Domingo, Jean-Pierre, Marcelo and Michel.
Like Ricord, four of the men who used only one name each were French Corsicans.
Grosby was not so sure about Michel, a man of medium build whose dark, straight
hair was covered by a toupée that looked unnaturally black over his unhealthy
gray complexion.