Spanish cops ID’d executed gangsters Ross Monaghan & Eddie Lyons Jnr as they ‘knew them well’
SPANISH cops were able to ID executed Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jnr as they “knew them well”, it has emerged.
Neither gang boss had documentation on them when an assassin blasted them to death at Monaghan’s pub in Fuengirola.
But serious crime squad officers probing last Saturday’s double hit were already aware of their links to Scotland’s underworld.
Reports in Spain revealed that investigators with the Udyco-Costa del Sol unit “knew the deceased extremely well”.
English language news outlet Sur said: “They had no problem identifying them, despite them having no ID documents on their bodies.
“The officers were also aware that the two had been targets in previous murder attempts.
“Officers fear that the violent clan war will continue, with more murders that could follow.”
Eyewitnesses also told the publication of seeing Monaghan, 43, fleeing inside the bar after pal Lyons, 46, was shot at point blank range.
It’s understood he was trying to seek refuge in the toilets but was gunned down before he could get there.
We told yesterday how sources claim Monaghan had a £250,000 price on his head.
A Spanish drugs cartel linked to the south of England is said to have warned the Glasgow mobster that mystery figures wanted him dead over a debt.
An insider said: “People are shocked at how complacent he seems to have been — there is no doubt the shooter benefited from the element of surprise that night.”
We revealed how Monaghan’s family said the Lyons’ Glasgow enemies, the Daniels, were not to blame.
The Daniels and allies of Edinburgh cocaine kingpin Mark Richardson are under attack by hoods linked to Dubai-based Ross McGill, 31.