by B. » Wed Jan 22, 2020 1:39 pm
cavita wrote: ↑Wed Jan 22, 2020 12:30 pm
B. wrote: ↑Wed Jan 22, 2020 10:22 am
No idea about the murder. Supposedly there was a violent mafia conflict going on in the Aragona area that prevented Biagio DiGiacomo from returning to Sicily and involved his relatives there. Whether that dates back to the late 1970s or not and could have spilled over to the US (like it did in NYC/NJ) is anyone's guess. Aragona gets little attention. Biagio DiGiacomo also had ties to Montreal that I wonder about.
Definitely interesting. There were many calls from this time period between Rockford, Canada, Boston, Buffalo, Sicily and other places that was about the narcotics distribution. The FBI I have notes that Buscemi was contacting an unknown LCN member in Boston. They redacted his name but not the phone number. This was most likely Biagio DiGiacomo.
He's been of interest to me ever since I heard the taped 1989 NE ceremony was officiated by this mysterious "zip". DiGiacomo was close with consigliere Joseph Russo, who also presided over the ceremony, and had better command of the Italian language than anyone else, so Occam's Razor probably applies when it comes to DiGiacomo's role in the ceremony. Still, he stands out because that family isn't known for recruiting Sicilians and I'm not sure where DiGiacomo would have gotten his "in" with the family. There is some unsubstantiated info I've read about him as well, like DiGiacomo's father being a boss in Aragona.
Boston had a community of people from Aragona which is likely why DiGiacomo went there, I just don't know of any members from Aragona except DiGiacomo who were part of the local mafia. Early Rochester had many organized crime figures from Aragona and nearby Grotte as well, though I don't know of any ties between that area and Rockford or Boston. You mentioning Buffalo is interesting, though, in light of that. Boston consigliere Joseph Russo went on the lam to Montreal through DiGiacomo, who had ties there, and of course Montreal has a strong presence from that area of Agrigento province.
Another name I'm curious about is Salvatore Caruana. He was a drug trafficker connected to the Patriarca family who disappeared in the 1980s. To this day it's unknown whether he went on the lam or was murdered. I've never seen him connected to the more infamous Caruanas of Canada/Siculiana/Venezuela, but the name Caruana (and Caruano, as evidenced in the DeCavalcantes) is not only common in Agrigento province as a whole, but also Aragona. There are some Caruanas from Aragona who settled in Rockford's early Aragonesi colony as well.
EDIT: I want to make it clear, Caruana is/was not a "zip". He was born in the US and was on record directly with Raymond Patriarca Sr., then Patriarca Jr. He was proposed for membership according to some info in Patriarca Jr.'s indictment. Still, I suspect his heritage is from Agrigento province and would be interesting if it was Aragona.
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No idea about the murder. Supposedly there was a violent mafia conflict going on in the Aragona area that prevented Biagio DiGiacomo from returning to Sicily and involved his relatives there. Whether that dates back to the late 1970s or not and could have spilled over to the US (like it did in NYC/NJ) is anyone's guess. Aragona gets little attention. Biagio DiGiacomo also had ties to Montreal that I wonder about.
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Definitely interesting. There were many calls from this time period between Rockford, Canada, Boston, Buffalo, Sicily and other places that was about the narcotics distribution. The FBI I have notes that Buscemi was contacting an unknown LCN member in Boston. They redacted his name but not the phone number. This was most likely Biagio DiGiacomo.
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He's been of interest to me ever since I heard the taped 1989 NE ceremony was officiated by this mysterious "zip". DiGiacomo was close with consigliere Joseph Russo, who also presided over the ceremony, and had better command of the Italian language than anyone else, so Occam's Razor probably applies when it comes to DiGiacomo's role in the ceremony. Still, he stands out because that family isn't known for recruiting Sicilians and I'm not sure where DiGiacomo would have gotten his "in" with the family. There is some unsubstantiated info I've read about him as well, like DiGiacomo's father being a boss in Aragona.
Boston had a community of people from Aragona which is likely why DiGiacomo went there, I just don't know of any members from Aragona except DiGiacomo who were part of the local mafia. Early Rochester had many organized crime figures from Aragona and nearby Grotte as well, though I don't know of any ties between that area and Rockford or Boston. You mentioning Buffalo is interesting, though, in light of that. Boston consigliere Joseph Russo went on the lam to Montreal through DiGiacomo, who had ties there, and of course Montreal has a strong presence from that area of Agrigento province.
Another name I'm curious about is Salvatore Caruana. He was a drug trafficker connected to the Patriarca family who disappeared in the 1980s. To this day it's unknown whether he went on the lam or was murdered. I've never seen him connected to the more infamous Caruanas of Canada/Siculiana/Venezuela, but the name Caruana (and Caruano, as evidenced in the DeCavalcantes) is not only common in Agrigento province as a whole, but also Aragona. There are some Caruanas from Aragona who settled in Rockford's early Aragonesi colony as well.
[b]EDIT:[/b] I want to make it clear, Caruana is/was not a "zip". He was born in the US and was on record directly with Raymond Patriarca Sr., then Patriarca Jr. He was proposed for membership according to some info in Patriarca Jr.'s indictment. Still, I suspect his heritage is from Agrigento province and would be interesting if it was Aragona.