A notorious British gangland figure who was gunned down in a brutal double shooting on the Costa del Sol was 'seen as a top dog by rival cartels'.
Ross Monaghan, 43, long associated with Glasgow's violent Lyons crime family, was assassinated alongside fellow mobster Eddie Lyons Jr, 46, outside a bar he owned in Fuengirola, southern Spain.
Both men were executed in a chilling hit just moments after watching the Champions League final last Saturday night while on a golfing holiday with twelve buddies.
Sources say Monaghan had become a key decision-maker in the Lyons operation, wielding major influence over its drugs operations from his base on the Costa, and was even seen by some as more powerful than figurehead Steven Lyons.
He also allegedly acted as a liaison with Ireland's feared Kinahan cartel, forging ties with the notorious Dublin-based outfit that has been linked to multiple murders and a multimillion pound drug empire.
