by PolackTony » Sun Oct 30, 2022 11:25 am
CornerBoy wrote: ↑Sun Oct 30, 2022 4:55 am
ive read a bit about marco damico and it seemed to me that he was a top guy for years. like meeting with that DiFronzo guy who i think was boss?
If he's italian and a big earner, hanging with Administration, why would he not be made?
One of the stories that I’ve heard was that Aiuppa didn’t care for Marco as he was known as a drunk, despite being a major earner. Marco was not named by Nick Calabrese as one of the guys made in the 80s ceremonies, and then was hit with serious charges in the early 90s and locked up from 1995 until 2005. If he was made, he most likely would’ve been made after that. Joe Fosco, who was an associate of the Elmwood Park crew whose dad was a made guy (Mondo Fosco) has maintained that Marco was never made. Fosco may be incorrect or dishonest for personal reasons (I have no idea), but so far as I’m aware, no firm evidence has yet surfaced that would contradict him and prove that Marco was made. Fosco had Mike Magnafichi, who was a made guy in the Elmwood Park crew and the son of capo Eligio Magnafichi, on his show — Magnafichi would be in the position to confirm or deny Fosco’s claim, but Marco was one of the guys that Magnafichi refused to discuss publicly. A CI in the 90s claimed that Marco and Bobby Abbinanti were angered that Pudgy Matassa was proposed for membership while they hadn’t been, as they felt that he didn’t deserve the honor (they were almost certainly much rougher guys who put in more work than Matassa, IMO).
Chicago has never made as many guys as the NYC Families and there have been a number of guys over the years that would almost certainly have been made in NYC but don’t seem to have been made in Chicago. They have their reasons for why some guys are proposed and others aren’t, to be sure, and we’ve only had one member — who was a soldier with little insight into the leadership stratum — testify, so there’s a lot we just don’t know. As Johnny said also, some guys are proposed but don’t want it for personal reasons (although Nick Calabrese’s account strongly insinuated that he believed that he would have been killed if he turned down his offer of membership).
As some brief background info, Marco D’Amico was originally a Taylor St guy who used to run the infamous Survivor’s Club on Taylor St (social club frequented by the “Wild Bunch”, the hitters from Joe Ferriola’s crew). In the 80s, Marco was a big guy in the outfit-controlled Rush St nightlife district (though he doesn’t seem to have ever been affiliated with the Solano/Northside crew that formally controlled that territory). Marco developed a personal friendship with Johnny DiFronzo, who was capo of Elmwood Park, then underboss and boss of the Family. DiFronzo thus brought Marco into the Elmwood Park crew. While looking at him from the outside one would really assume he was made, it’s also possible that he formally remained an associate direct with DiFronzo. Hopefully some documents will eventually be released that can clarify this (or another Chicago member in a position to clarify flips, though I wouldn’t hold my breath on that one).
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ive read a bit about marco damico and it seemed to me that he was a top guy for years. like meeting with that DiFronzo guy who i think was boss?
If he's italian and a big earner, hanging with Administration, why would he not be made?
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One of the stories that I’ve heard was that Aiuppa didn’t care for Marco as he was known as a drunk, despite being a major earner. Marco was not named by Nick Calabrese as one of the guys made in the 80s ceremonies, and then was hit with serious charges in the early 90s and locked up from 1995 until 2005. If he was made, he most likely would’ve been made after that. Joe Fosco, who was an associate of the Elmwood Park crew whose dad was a made guy (Mondo Fosco) has maintained that Marco was never made. Fosco may be incorrect or dishonest for personal reasons (I have no idea), but so far as I’m aware, no firm evidence has yet surfaced that would contradict him and prove that Marco was made. Fosco had Mike Magnafichi, who was a made guy in the Elmwood Park crew and the son of capo Eligio Magnafichi, on his show — Magnafichi would be in the position to confirm or deny Fosco’s claim, but Marco was one of the guys that Magnafichi refused to discuss publicly. A CI in the 90s claimed that Marco and Bobby Abbinanti were angered that Pudgy Matassa was proposed for membership while they hadn’t been, as they felt that he didn’t deserve the honor (they were almost certainly much rougher guys who put in more work than Matassa, IMO).
Chicago has never made as many guys as the NYC Families and there have been a number of guys over the years that would almost certainly have been made in NYC but don’t seem to have been made in Chicago. They have their reasons for why some guys are proposed and others aren’t, to be sure, and we’ve only had one member — who was a soldier with little insight into the leadership stratum — testify, so there’s a lot we just don’t know. As Johnny said also, some guys are proposed but don’t want it for personal reasons (although Nick Calabrese’s account strongly insinuated that he believed that he would have been killed if he turned down his offer of membership).
As some brief background info, Marco D’Amico was originally a Taylor St guy who used to run the infamous Survivor’s Club on Taylor St (social club frequented by the “Wild Bunch”, the hitters from Joe Ferriola’s crew). In the 80s, Marco was a big guy in the outfit-controlled Rush St nightlife district (though he doesn’t seem to have ever been affiliated with the Solano/Northside crew that formally controlled that territory). Marco developed a personal friendship with Johnny DiFronzo, who was capo of Elmwood Park, then underboss and boss of the Family. DiFronzo thus brought Marco into the Elmwood Park crew. While looking at him from the outside one would really assume he was made, it’s also possible that he formally remained an associate direct with DiFronzo. Hopefully some documents will eventually be released that can clarify this (or another Chicago member in a position to clarify flips, though I wouldn’t hold my breath on that one).