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“ In the back, Sally! "                                               --(?) G etting sentenced to 20 years in prison on narcotics charges in 1962 was just about the worst possible thing that could happen to the ambitious Carmine Galante—short of, say, getting blasted in the face with shotguns while dining with amici stretti on the back patio of his favorite restaurant. 1980 Giuseppe Bono wedding: Phil Giaccone, Dom Trinchera, JB Indelicato, and Bruno Indelicato were major participants in Galante murders. Lilo spent most of the 1960s and almost half of the 1970s in various prisons. By the time he departed on parole, he was already “yesterday’s man,” as Adrian Humphreys and Lee Lamothe dubbed him in The Sixth Family: The Collapse of the New York Mafia and the Rise of Vito Rizzuto , adding: “Internationally, the underworld had realigned in his (Galante...

By Andrew Machin (The following is the continuation of Part 3.1 ) Before illustrating these relationships, two fundamental explanations are needed. ① The assertion: “ Verduci was part of a group that became involved with Sal Montagna ,” requires some clarification. At that time, indeed, it is to be excluded that Verduci could act autonomously, but only as a representative of his Locale, subject to the consent of the top bosses above him. Carmelo Bruzzese, right. Undoubtedly, “ During the fight to steal turf from Rizzuto [2009-2011]”, Verduci was a ‘Ndrangheta high-ranking member. Nevertheless, it is likely that he was not yet the top boss (Capo Locale) of the Locale of Toronto, dependent on the mother-Locale of Marina di Gioiosa Ionica, as he will presumably become later. Probably, this apical position was held by Antonio Coluccio, the youngest of the three Coluccio brothers. He had lived for five years in Richmond Hill, just north of Toronto, before deciding to leave Canada in Jul....