Michael Mancuso on the daily news.

[Tonyd621]

You can probably Google any of those Sicilians for the Bonnanos and I bet nothing will pop up. We tend to discount how much power or wealth they have because we haven't heard or seen any of them just word of mouth
That's how they like it and how it should be-understated stoic humble out of sight of mind which leaves us to say they are stronger then ever or weaker then ever
No one is right and no one is wrong until..

[TommyGambino]

Tommy, here's a post from last year:

Here are the living members known to be involved with the Bonanno Sicilian faction along with the rank they held. Most of them have roots in the Middle Village area, either having lived or hung out there, and now some of them live around Howard Beach.

The vast majority of the names below have heritage in Trapani province, particularly early Bonanno hot spots like Castellammare del Golfo / Alcamo and Santa Ninfa / Partanna. The Pipitones' ties to Torretta open the imagination up given the powerful members from Torretta in the Gambino family.

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Giovanni Corallo
Anthony Fasitta (captain)
Vincenzo Masi (acting captain)
Antonino Mistretta
Natale Mule (acting captain)
Antonio Navarra
Filippo Navarra
Anthony Pipitone (captain)
Vito Pipitone
Pasquale Romania
Joseph Spatola
Damiano Zummo (acting captain)
- Giuseppe Bosco (possible / assisted admin)

"Joe" TNU (described as a "boss" / possibly Cammarano Jr.)
Vito Grimaldi (former captain)
Joseph Grimaldi (former captain)
Vincent Asaro (former captain + ruling panel)
- Jerome Asaro (possible / captain)

Anthony "Ace" Aiello (imprisoned)
Baldassare Amato (imprisoned)
Salvatore Catalano (former acting boss / living in Sicily)

Salvatore Montagna (former acting boss / murdered 2011)

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This list doesn't include other members of Sicilian or Trapani heritage, only those that can be linked to this faction. It's possible some of the other members with this heritage are aligned with them, too, just as the Asaros and Grimaldis were.

Wouldn't be surprising if there are more names among this faction who have been inducted in the last 15 years. A lot of these guys are relatively young and otherwise unknown.

Note: "Joe" was Nino Mistretta's superior who had to approve/direct him to contact CDG boss Francesco Domingo. The timeline could mean this was Joe Cammarano or another possibility is Joe Bosco. Bosco might be related to the Boscos of the CDG Family but I haven't confirmed and we know he was a high-ranking figure for a time.

There are also some other "possibles", some of which might be made or otherwise affiliated with Sicilian Families (Turricano, Gucciardi) but they are close to the Bonannos. There's also Franco Montagna who is still a mystery as to how involved he is with mafia activity.

Great post, thanks.

[Philly d]

who has more zips the gambinos or bonannos? it seems like the other families are far distant in numbers.

[bluehouse]

I think there way more guys who would love to be boss then some of u make it out to be. These guys are career criminals and being a boss of a family is about as far up the latter as you can get.

yeah i agree.If a made guy is a millionaire than he probably wont want to be a boss because he has a great life and that will just draw attention to him.But a guy like mancuso who is in and out of jail his whole life and also didnt seem to be a huge money maker being a boss is a huge step up because he can finally get money even if hes in prison his family can get the money just like how Amusos wife was getting every xmas

[TommyGambino]

who has more zips the gambinos or bonannos? it seems like the other families are far distant in numbers.

You'd imagine the gambinos with how powerful they are, they been running the family over 10 years, bet majority of them make there kids as well but you barely hear a word about them.

[Philly d]

who has more zips the gambinos or bonannos? it seems like the other families are far distant in numbers.

You'd imagine the gambinos with how powerful they are, they been running the family over 10 years, bet majority of them make there kids as well but you barely hear a word about them.

good point.

[Rocco]

Yes def him

I think Mikey Nose has Hair Plugs. The guy was pretty much bald at one point. Now he has a full head of hair. Mikey "Plugs " sounds catchy.

[Amershire_Ed]

who has more zips the gambinos or bonannos? it seems like the other families are far distant in numbers.

You'd imagine the gambinos with how powerful they are, they been running the family over 10 years, bet majority of them make there kids as well but you barely hear a word about them.

In one of the early MBA and Button Man episodes where Pennisi ranked the families by strength, he was extremely complimentary of the Gambino Sicilian faction. He said they are the reason you can rank the Gambino’s second behind the Westside. He said if you take away that faction the Gambino’s are no stronger than the Luke’s or Bonannos.

[nizarsoccer]

Yes def him

I think Mikey Nose has Hair Plugs. The guy was pretty much bald at one point. Now he has a full head of hair. Mikey "Plugs " sounds catchy.

Propecia more likely.

[slimshady_007]

Well no surprise he violated his parole. The timing of his arrest is no coincidence they could’ve indicted him sooner. I’m expecting a superseding indictment.

[Tonyd621]

The best part of Mikey Mancuso is he doesn't give a f*ck. You can probably violate him 123456789 thousands times and he will still do what he wants to do. All the bosses now hid in their foxhole lay low and with good reason. I'd do the same thing. But MM does it his own way.

[Rocco]

Yes def him

I think Mikey Nose has Hair Plugs. The guy was pretty much bald at one point. Now he has a full head of hair. Mikey "Plugs " sounds catchy.

Propecia more likely.

You can get that in that can? I remember that prison pick with a full head of hair and that old pick of him in the suite bald.

[Ivan]

Propecia won't regrow your hairline that much. He's had grafts in the front (the technology is really good now and looks nothing like the hair plugs of old).

Raymond "Long John" Martorano had hair plugs, FWIW.

[TommyGambino]

who has more zips the gambinos or bonannos? it seems like the other families are far distant in numbers.

You'd imagine the gambinos with how powerful they are, they been running the family over 10 years, bet majority of them make there kids as well but you barely hear a word about them.

In one of the early MBA and Button Man episodes where Pennisi ranked the families by strength, he was extremely complimentary of the Gambino Sicilian faction. He said they are the reason you can rank the Gambino’s second behind the Westside. He said if you take away that faction the Gambino’s are no stronger than the Luke’s or Bonannos.

I remember him saying that but it's bullshit, it's always been the Genovese and Gambinos then a big gap to the rest, probably a bit of bias.

[Shellackhead]

He probably didn’t even interact with a lot of Gambinos anyway.