Clueless Valachi and the Gaglianos

[Giacomo_Vacari]

Valachi was not that bright, but was a loyal and devoted follower to Reina. He and the Gap were close. I could be wrong but wasn't Valachi made in the Bonanno family? Had a choice of choosing a family to go into after the war, but chose to stay with Salvatore. Strollo told Joe he was not needed that day, later on It was the Gap that picked him up and told him what happened. The Lucchese were looking out for him, but it was Dominicks advise Valachi took and went with the Luciano family. Vito Genovese and Tony Bender used Joe Valachi as a tool. Case in point, Joe gave a beatdown to a well liked member of Gagliano family, which Lucchese and other members of that family gave Joe the cold shoulder after that. Valachi blamed Bender for the fifteen years he got, but it was his own fault since he did not turn himself in when he should have. The FBI used Valachi, by feeding him information about other families that they gathered from other informants and listening devices around the country.

[B.]

Valachi was not that bright, but was a loyal and devoted follower to Reina. He and the Gap were close. I could be wrong but wasn't Valachi made in the Bonanno family? Had a choice of choosing a family to go into after the war, but chose to stay with Salvatore. Strollo told Joe he was not needed that day, later on It was the Gap that picked him up and told him what happened. The Lucchese were looking out for him, but it was Dominicks advise Valachi took and went with the Luciano family. Vito Genovese and Tony Bender used Joe Valachi as a tool. Case in point, Joe gave a beatdown to a well liked member of Gagliano family, which Lucchese and other members of that family gave Joe the cold shoulder after that. Valachi blamed Bender for the fifteen years he got, but it was his own fault since he did not turn himself in when he should have. The FBI used Valachi, by feeding him information about other families that they gathered from other informants and listening devices around the country.

He really wasn't a follower of Reina even though he eventually married his daughter. He was basically recruited as muscle because he lived in Reina/Gagliano prime territory and they needed guys like him during the war. Seems like before he was made he knew almost nothing about the organization.

Hard to say whether he was made into the Bonannos or Luccheses... it was a joint ceremony and at that point he seems to have been sponsored by the Gaglianos, but would end up reporting to Maranzano.

Personally I think that Valachi may have been recruited by Genovese for several reasons... for one, he lived in a neighborhood with historic ties to the Genovese family and knew a lot of their members. Second, he was also a Neapolitan who had been schooled by a high-ranking Camorra member in prison and the faction he ended up with had a strong Neapolitan background. Vito Genovese himself was affiliated with the Camorra before he was brought into the Masseria family.