Larry Amero and Rabih Alkhalil, two B.C. crime figures with enduring power

The two friends and convicted murderers exemplify the influence and persistence of the criminal gangs driving the overdose crisis

Larry Amero (left) and Rabih Alkhalil in a photo submitted in evidence at trial. It probably dates from about 2012, during the period the two plotted the targeted killing of Sandip Duhre in the Sheraton Wall Centre in Vancouver.

Two years ago, it seemed certain that the lengthy criminal careers of Wolfpack Alliance founders Rabih Alkhalil and Larry Amer…