Todaro was "mad" about Iavarone as of June 30, 2017.
Iavarone was murdered 14.5 months later.
- Frank Balistrieri was recorded discussing the same type of protocol violation with his consiglio in the 1960s when Bonanno soldier Peter Sciortino, who shared a Sicilian hometown with most of the Milwaukee family and had strong ties there, visited Milwaukee and met with local Milwaukee figures without Balistrieri's approval. The transcript reveals that Balistrieri was violently angry and sincerely wanted to kill Sciortino over this affront to his leadership, with his consiglio attempting to talk him out of the murder.
- Similarly, Todaro was said to be "mad" about the same affront to his own leadership. How mad? Is it a coincidence that Iavarone was murdered such a short time later? Could be, but it might not be entirely unrelated either. If some other "third party" wanted to kill Iavarone, it's possible Todaro and the Buffalo-Ontario faction communicated that they would not protect Iavarone given his violation of a time-honored rule. Or they may not have needed to communicate it -- it still stood that Iavarone had no protection from the local group.
- One of the presumed reasons for the mafia rule about a member getting approval to visit/stay/live in the area of another boss is not simply for the boss's ego, but because the local boss provides protection to the outside member. When this rule is violated, it is an affront to the local boss and it also leaves the outside member vulnerable. There is no question that Iavarone was vulnerable given what happened to him.
- Would Joe Todaro Jr. be so upset about a mafia rule being broken that he would directly order the murder of a Cosa Nostra member in Canada? Seems crazy, but I don't know him. We know from the Violi tapes that he took mafia rules seriously enough that he contacted NYC to make sure the NYC leadership approved the promotion of a Canadian underboss. He seems to be someone who cares about the nuances of mafia protocol even when he doesn't have to, as evidenced by his consultation with NYC over the geographic location of an underboss. How would he feel if another family in turn didn't show him the same courtesy in his territory? Would he have someone killed? Again, I can't answer that.
Point being, the Iavarone murder is unsolved. We have a piece of info that suggests a mafia boss was angry about the murder victim a little over a year before the murder. If this was any other organization or during any other era and we found out that a mafia boss was angry with someone before that man's murder, we would consider the mafia boss a suspect in the conspiracy. It might be a coincidence, but we must consider this possibility given the unsolved nature of the case.
Again, if nothing else, Todaro's anger over this protocol violation would mean Iavarone, as a made member of another family, did not have protection from the local mafia family at the time of his death. Protocol isn't just there to kiss the boss's ass, but to give the member protection and resources from the local group if he needs them.
I think he meant Ontario-based members or associates of the Montreal crew. The Magaddino tapes discuss there being Bonanno members in Ontario by 1964, a 1971 report mentions an Ontario-based Bonanno faction, and we know the Rizzutos had associates if not members there in the 1980s-2000s. He may have also meant allies from another organization, as the Musitanos and others are suspected of having an alliance with Montreal at one point.CabriniGreen wrote: ↑Fri Mar 05, 2021 1:27 am @ antimafia
When you posted " Ontario crime group representing Montreal"... I'm admittedly lost here.... whom were you referring to? The Violis?
