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Re: Sicilian "Made" cant become U.S. BOSS
[Re: Lucasi]
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04/19/10 01:42 PM
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I read that in the same book. The Bonannos were in very bad shape at that time, and didn't have a seat on the Commission. They may have decided that it'd be better for them to have an American-born boss, one known by Commission members, if they wanted to get the seat back.
I don't know that it's a Mafia-wide "rule." Presumably any family can do anything they want, as long as it's not directly disadvantaging other families. On the other hand, considering all the guys who are ambitious to be the Don and are willing to kill to get the Donship, it does seem unlikely that a family would choose someone who was born overseas, unless he'd been in the family for decades. Catalano wasn't.
Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu, E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu... E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.
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Re: Sicilian "Made" cant become U.S. BOSS
[Re: Lucasi]
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04/19/10 06:05 PM
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I was thinking though wouldnt all the original Bosses have to come from Sicily,Italy,etc.?
Last edited by Lucasi; 04/19/10 06:06 PM.
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Re: Sicilian "Made" cant become U.S. BOSS
[Re: Lilo]
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04/19/10 10:01 PM
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Didn't Catalano also have communication issues? Yes. Even more important, he was closely associated with Carmine Galante in the heroin rackets. There's an example of how and why the Commission acts. Galante strutted, bragged he was going to make Gambino "sh*t in the street," acted as if he were the Bonnano's boss--all of which annoyed other mobsters. But his unpardonable offense was to set up a heroin pipeline to Europe and not let the other families share in it. Goodbye, Lilo.
Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu, E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu... E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.
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