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Chilling threat to mourners attending funerals of two Scottish gangsters who were shot dead in Costa del Sol bar as ceremony takes place today

Chilling threat to mourners attending funerals of two Scottish gangsters who were shot dead in Costa del Sol bar as ceremony takes place today

Daily Mail​a day ago
Mourners attending the funerals of two Scottish gangsters who were gunned down in the Costa del Sol have been warned they risk becoming the target of similar violence.
Ross Monaghan, 43, and Eddie Lyons Jnr, 46, were shot dead in the hours after the Champions League final at Monaghans bar in Fuengirola, Spain on May 31.
Their bodies were released to their families by Spanish authorities this week - as thugs issued a chilling threat ahead of their funerals, warning attendees they would be considered allies of the pair and a Dubai-based 'Mr Big'.
The post reads: 'Anyone who attends the funeral of Edward and Ross this week will be treated the exact same way as them.
'This is now time to fight fire with fire. Family and friends take note. One man and his ego caused all this.'
At least one of the funerals is taking place in Glasgow today - more than a month after the pair were shot dead at the bar, co-owned by Monaghan, as they sat drinking.
A hooded gunman walked up to Lyons Jnr, who was sitting outside, and shot him dead with a single bullet.
Monaghan ran inside as the killer, dressed in black, took aim again - before his weapon jammed.
Police say the hitman was able to unjam his weapon before training it on Monaghan, who collapsed to the floor as he is struck by multiple bullets.
As he crawled across the floor, he appeared to turn to look at his killer. Footage later shows him sitting upright, slumped against a wall.
Outside, passersby desperately tried to save Lyons Jnr before police and paramedics covered his body with a blanket.
The pair were both senior members of the Lyons crime gang, which has been at war with the rival Daniels clan in Glasgow for decades over the theft of a cache of drugs.
Lyons Jnr had been on a golfing trip with pals when he decided to hook up with best friend Monaghan who lived there.
A source said this week: 'Things are really beginning to heat up again now, especially in Glasgow.
'A house connected to the Lyons was recently smashed into with a motor. It went straight into the front room with people inside.
'The main figures in the Lyons crew will want to show strength at the funerals but at the same time this will put a target on their backs.
'Their boss Steven lives in Dubai and didn't turn up for the last major funeral so it remains to be seen if he will this time.'
Scottish cops initially downplayed any suggestion that a rival gangster in the UK was to blame but senior Spanish counterparts have claimed the killer was a member of the Daniels crime clan.
Following the killings, police arrested suspect Michael Riley, 44, from Merseyside, last month.
He has appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court in connection with the killings and remains in custody, pending an extradition hearing, after magistrates deemed him a flight risk.
Riley was alleged to be set to flee for a 'paradise island tax haven' before he was detained, according to Spanish authorities.
He allegedly used disguises to make his way through Spain to Portugal and then on to Leeds
And the hit coincided with an ongoing gang war in Edinburgh and Glasgow that has seen scores of firebombings and beatings - apparently targeting the Daniels and their associate, Edinburgh-based Mark Richardson.
A former Rangers football ultras 'capo', named in reports as 31-year-old Ross McGill, is thought to be orchestrating the war against Richardson and the Daniels from Dubai with a faceless group known as the Tamo Junto (TMJ).
Gangsters working for Richardson, who is currently behind bars, are thought to have ripped off McGill with £500,000 of fake cash for a cocaine shipment.
The Lyons were alleged to have fed McGill information on the Edinburgh-based gangsters as he conducted his campaign of revenge.
Staff at Rangers are said to be shocked by McGill's elevation to desert-based gang boss after enjoying a privileged status at the club for years as a leading figure in the Union Bears.
He stepped down from the role in autumn 2021, writing on a now-deleted Twitter account that he 'won't be able to attend matches as regularly'.
He wrote: 'Sunday will be my final game as Capo in BF1. What a journey it's been but it's time for me to step down from this role.
'Been doing this for a long time and I won't be able to attend matches as regularly. Thanks for so many amazing days & nights in the stands.'
He is said to have fled the country after the Encrochat messaging service was cracked by UK, French and Dutch police, exposing thousands of criminals and their illicit activities.
A Rangers source told the Daily Record: 'He was trusted by the club more than most of the security staff and was respected by the players, managers and directors.
'Nobody could have had even the slightest idea about his life of crime. We were led to believe that he ran his own business.'
'But it did seem strange that he just walked away from the club after being such a central figure for a number of years.'
Monaghan was previously linked to the murder of gangland enforcer Kevin 'Gerbil' Carroll, who was shot dead in an Asda supermarket car park in Glasgow in 2010.
He was accused of the murder but acquitted due to a lack of evidence.
Monaghan and Lyons Jr were also cleared of being involved in a brutal street attack on three men outside the Campsie bar in Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire In August 2017.
Lyons Jnr was also shot and wounded in an attack in 2006, which was believed to have been carried out by Carroll.
After Monaghan's brutal execution, it emerged he also ran an online supermarket selling expats a taste of home.
He became a director of Costa Shop And Drop after fleeing to Spain following a botched 2017 hit attempt outside a Glasgow primary school in which he was hit in the shoulder as he dropped off his daughter for the day.
The gangster sold Walkers Crisps, Weetabix, Colman's Mustard, Pot Noodle snacks and even Irn-Bru with the slogan: 'Craving Your Favourite British Food?'
Around 50 people have been arrested in a crackdown on the violence that has spread across Scotland's central belt in recent months.
Police Scotland's chief constable Jo Farrell said last week she was still unaware of any alleged link between the Spanish killings and the ongoing warfare in Scotland.
And she has warned foreign-based criminals like McGill that her officers were working with prosecutors and the National Crime Agency - Britain's FBI - to bring them to justice, telling the BBC: 'We'll be coming after you.'
She added of the recent spate of arrests amid ongoing violence: 'We've created a lot of momentum and gained a lot of evidence and intelligence.
'We can see the temperature dropping in this space.'
Monaghans pub, meanwhile, has reopened under a new name - The Irish Rover - with a new landlord.
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