valachi knew a lot, if he was such a low level guy why was he so close to vito Genovese? vito was his best man at his wedding, also his wifes father or uncle, I forget which. gaetano reina, was boss of the luchesse family before he was shot and killed, giving valachi a friendship with Thomas luchesse.
valachi recounted many murders, and events that were true, he had an amazing memory, he was not as low-level as some would think.
he was present when maranzano created the five families, he knew a lot of people. greg scarpa was low-level when he first started ratting, but, he was the biggest rat of all, snitching for 3o years.
I never said he was that low level. I just stated the absolute fact that he was kept at arm's length by some of the Family (namely the Bronx and Westchester wings).
Now I don't know if that information is available online or in a book, and I really don't care. Because that's how the Westside operates. Back then, and up until today. If you were a soldier, you knew your skipper. That's it. Simple as that. And that's the way it's SUPPOSED to be.
