The murders of Vito Rizzuto Sr., Rosario Arcuri, Giuseppe Spagnolo, and Rosario Gurreri

[antimafia]

I've continued to do research about each of these murders, especially to find out the ties -- among many possible ties -- between the victims, between the confirmed and suspected killers, and between individuals in all the aforementioned groups.

More recently, I've dug a bit more deeply into the family tree of the Toronto-based criminal figure Giacinto Arcuri (1930-2021) who some Canadian authors have all but accused of being one of the killers in the August 1955 murder in Sicily of onetime Cattolica Eraclea mayor Giuseppe Spagnolo (1900-1955).

Long story, short (sort of):

1. I might have finally determined how Arcuri is related to brothers Domenico Arcuri Sr. (1933-2012) of the Montreal area and Giuseppe Arcuri (1921-2001) of the Bronx. Domenico and Giuseppe's father, Giacinto (1900-1993), is a brother of the Rosario Arcuri (1895-1934) killed in the Bronx in a possible retaliation for the murder of Vito Rizzuto Sr. (1901-1933) in Patterson, NY.

2. I might have also determined, using contributions by other users of Ancestry and FamilySearch, that Rosario is an uncle to Giacinto if, indeed, Rosario is the brother of Giacinto's father, Emanuele (1901-1986). Which means that Giacinto is a first cousin to Domenico and Giuseppe, which was one of two theories presented by authors Humphreys and Lamothe in The Sixth Family.

3. I might have discovered information that could potentially rule out this Giacinto Arcuri as being involved in the murder of Spagnolo, as Spagnolo might have been Arcuri's uncle if, indeed, Giacinto's mother, Francesca Spagnolo (1903-1976), is the sister of Giuseppe Spagnolo. So the Giacinto Arcuri the Italian authorites tried in absentia for the murder of Giuseppe Spagnolo was in fact an altogether different person.

I want to make a series of posts on X (the former Twitter) about the murders and the numerous interesting ties but in this TBHF thread I would like to elaborate a lot more on my research. For the former, where the posts would come from my @CdnOrgC account, I want to credit B. for the help in determining that the murdered Rosario Arcuri is the great uncle of Domenico Arcuri Jr. and Antonino Arcuri of the Montreal area (i.e., the sons of Domenico Arcuri Sr.). So if B. is okay with my crediting him as Eric Stonefelt, B., or Barbarian -- contingent on my research being correct -- he should let me know here so his permission is made public, as my intention and promise to credit him is also now made public; and if B. wants me to credit @TheMobArchs in my eventual posts on X, he should let me know whether he needs to discuss with Angelo, Rick, and Tony first, as I know that account is not as active as it first was (but I can help that account grow followers on X!).

[B.]

You absolutely have permission to use anything as you see fit and credit me in whatever way works best. Always happy to help if I can.

One thing I recall finding is that Rosario Arcuri was close to the father of future Bronx Bonanno member Manny Guaragna, also of Cattolicense heritage, and they may have been related. JD found some years back too that the elder Rizzuto and Renda associated with Bonanno leader Nicolo Alfano during their time in NY, Alfano coming from Racalmuto with strong ties to both the Bonanno Montreal decina and the Hamilton Buffalo members.

[antimafia]

Thanks for the permission, B.

Yes, I had previously posted about a possible connection between a Rosario Arcuri and a John Guaragna, which is also the name of the father of Bonanno Family member Manny Guaragna, a connection that, as you write, might have been familial:

viewtopic.php?p=188027&hilit=Guaragna+Arcuri#p188027

https://www.ancestry.ca/discoveryui-con ... 86172:1946:



I’ve never taken the time to investigate whether and when the murdered Rosario Arcuri killed someone in Italy.

[Tonyd621]

I've continued to do research about each of these murders, especially to find out the ties -- among many possible ties -- between the victims, between the confirmed and suspected killers, and between individuals in all the aforementioned groups.

More recently, I've dug a bit more deeply into the family tree of the Toronto-based criminal figure Giacinto Arcuri (1930-2021) who some Canadian authors have all but accused of being one of the killers in the August 1955 murder in Sicily of onetime Cattolica Eraclea mayor Giuseppe Spagnolo (1900-1955).

Long story, short (sort of):

1. I might have finally determined how Arcuri is related to brothers Domenico Arcuri Sr. (1933-2012) of the Montreal area and Giuseppe Arcuri (1921-2001) of the Bronx. Domenico and Giuseppe's father, Giacinto (1900-1993), is a brother of the Rosario Arcuri (1895-1934) killed in the Bronx in a possible retaliation for the murder of Vito Rizzuto Sr. (1901-1933) in Patterson, NY.

2. I might have also determined, using contributions by other users of Ancestry and FamilySearch, that Rosario is an uncle to Giacinto if, indeed, Rosario is the brother of Giacinto's father, Emanuele (1901-1986). Which means that Giacinto is a first cousin to Domenico and Giuseppe, which was one of two theories presented by authors Humphreys and Lamothe in The Sixth Family.

3. I might have discovered information that could potentially rule out this Giacinto Arcuri as being involved in the murder of Spagnolo, as Spagnolo might have been Arcuri's uncle if, indeed, Giacinto's mother, Francesca Spagnolo (1903-1976), is the sister of Giuseppe Spagnolo. So the Giacinto Arcuri the Italian authorites tried in absentia for the murder of Giuseppe Spagnolo was in fact an altogether different person.

I want to make a series of posts on X (the former Twitter) about the murders and the numerous interesting ties but in this TBHF thread I would like to elaborate a lot more on my research. For the former, where the posts would come from my @CdnOrgC account, I want to credit B. for the help in determining that the murdered Rosario Arcuri is the great uncle of Domenico Arcuri Jr. and Antonino Arcuri of the Montreal area (i.e., the sons of Domenico Arcuri Sr.). So if B. is okay with my crediting him as Eric Stonefelt, B., or Barbarian -- contingent on my research being correct -- he should let me know here so his permission is made public, as my intention and promise to credit him is also now made public; and if B. wants me to credit @TheMobArchs in my eventual posts on X, he should let me know whether he needs to discuss with Angelo, Rick, and Tony first, as I know that account is not as active as it first was (but I can help that account grow followers on X!).

Call me naive, but I had no idea that was you. I been following you for a while on Twitter. Good account

[antimafia]

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Thanks for the nice assessment, Tony. You're absolutely right too -- it's a good account, not a great one, with a decent-size following.

Earlier this year I had to change some of my settings because I was getting lots of webcam women like-ing my posts, like-ing my interactions with other accounts, and also following me. Blocking those accounts didn't help, as then I'd get other accounts -- affiliated to those previous ones -- like-ing my posts and following me too. So, yeah, I restricted who can follow me, view my posts, and interact with them. But this still means receiving follower requests from the webcam accounts, which I just have to ignore.

[B.]

What, you don't like the "PUSSY IN BIO" bots?

[AustraliaSteve]

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Thanks for the nice assessment, Tony. You're absolutely right too -- it's a good account, not a great one, with a decent-size following.

Earlier this year I had to change some of my settings because I was getting lots of webcam women like-ing my posts, like-ing my interactions with other accounts, and also following me. Blocking those accounts didn't help, as then I'd get other accounts -- affiliated to those previous ones -- like-ing my posts and following me too. So, yeah, I restricted who can follow me, view my posts, and interact with them. But this still means receiving follower requests from the webcam accounts, which I just have to ignore.

Yep, that basically sums up Twitter now lol.

This is some fantastic work, anti mafia. I will be following posts here closely.

[antimafia]

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Thanks, Steven.

I recall our friend motorfab started having the same problem I had with the likes, followers, and follow requests.

[motorfab]

lol, I confirm and I had the same kind of shits on Intagram at the same time with fake profiles of girls who added me in contact, a little too much silicone to be true.

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Coming back to Cattolica Eraclea, I have an article on Gurreri/Cammalleri/Salvo in Italian, I don't know if I already showed it to you before or not. It's relatively basic information in there, but if you're ever interested here it is

[antimafia]

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Yes, Fab, you previously shared the article with me -- and it's still as valuable to me as when you first sent it.

The individual pictured in the middle is named neither Salvo Pollari nor Leonardo Salvo Pollari. Pollari was an alias used by fugitive Leonardo Salvo. Leonardo has a first cousin, also named Leonardo ("Leo"), who is the father of retired NHL player Mike Cammalleri. Salvo's mother, Filomena, is the sister of Mike Cammalleri's paternal grandfather.

The Leonardo Cammalleri pictured on the right, who was also a fugitive, is simultaneously the father-in-law of Vito Rizzuto (1946-2013) and the brother-in-law of Nino Manno -- this is why Cammalleri's daughter, Giovanna, is a first cousin to her mother-in-law, i.e., Libertina (Manno) Rizzuto.

Rosario Gurreri, pictured left, is a first cousin to the missing-and-declared-dead Paolo Renda.