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The guy next to Mannino should be his son
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Great photos.

One of Villico's daughters is married to a Thomas Gambino. Is that Joe or John's son?
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Villico's daughter is married to Tommy Gambino (son of Joe) while his son Cesare is married to John Gambino's daughter
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CabriniGreen wrote: Tue Jul 20, 2021 12:23 pm
stubbs wrote: Tue Jul 20, 2021 9:44 am Looks like they were pooling together money from families across Palermo to buy cocaine from the Calabrians. Would that be to sell locally across Sicily?

Brancaccio and Plati pact....
https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2019/0 ... i/5297072/
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Interesting. You can see the respect for Villico in the photos, with the top Gambino Sicilian leaders surrounding him.

Do you know which Palermo family he was made into?
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JohnnyS wrote: Tue Jul 20, 2021 10:01 am
B. wrote: Tue Jul 20, 2021 1:52 am Wow, Ingrassia is consigliere? Not surprised about Greco.

His uncle was Giuseppe Ingrassia, an old Gambino soldier in the Garofalo-D'Amico crew (which Ernie Grillo came up in). Not only that, but supposedly Ignazio married his uncle Giuseppe's daughter making him both nephew and son-in-law. Ignazio reported to Jackie D'Amico's decina in the US and had a bad reputation with some of the American members.

Thanks Felice.
Do you know when Giuseppe Ingrassia was made and when he died? Thanks.
I don't. There was a Joe Ingrassia from Bensonhurst who was 48 in 1985, said to associate with Gambino members. His father was also named Joe but I don't know if either one is the same one as the Garofalo crew soldier.

There was also a Giovanni Ingrassia from the same part of Brooklyn who was on the same trip from Sicily as Jimmy DiLeonardo and Andrea Torregrossa. Maybe not a coincidence since DiLeonardo was captain of the same crew Joe Ingrassia joined.

What makes it hard to pin down is the Ingrassias are tied to different parts of Palermo... at least Monreale, Santa Maria di Gesu, and Ciaculli. Maybe Misilmeri too.
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His brother Benedetto was capodecina in the Uditore family. Ernesto was probably Passo di Rigano/Uditore too. They are from Torretta originally.

Ingrassia's uncle was a Santa Maria di Gesù member. Anyway n Monreale relation, Ignazio was born there by coincidence but he's palermitano, 100%
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Oh yeah, a long time ago you said Benedetto Villico was a NYC-based capodecina who was involved in the plot against Giuliani. Didn't even make the connection.

Was Ignazio Ingrassia's father Andrea with Ciaculli or Santa Maria? I was reading the maxi trial documents and I thought it said they were both Ciaculli members but it is confusing in some parts. The docs also mentioned a Salvatore and Giuseppe Ingrassia who I think are brothers or relatives of Ignazio.
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felice wrote: Tue Jul 20, 2021 11:48 am Calogero Mannino took his life last Sunday. He's the son of Giovanni Angelo, he was 41 years old, made member of the Torretta family. His brother Santo Salvatore is living in the Usa and he's a made member too, he was answering to Frank Calì. His name emerged many times in the last investigation but he was not incriminated
So Santo mannino is made gambino member?
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B. wrote: Wed Jul 21, 2021 12:56 am Oh yeah, a long time ago you said Benedetto Villico was a NYC-based capodecina who was involved in the plot against Giuliani. Didn't even make the connection.

Was Ignazio Ingrassia's father Andrea with Ciaculli or Santa Maria? I was reading the maxi trial documents and I thought it said they were both Ciaculli members but it is confusing in some parts. The docs also mentioned a Salvatore and Giuseppe Ingrassia who I think are brothers or relatives of Ignazio.
I think his father was Santa Maria di Gesù, I will check it tonight and come back to you.

Benedetto arrived in the Usa to escape the corlonesi fury in 1981
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TommyGambino wrote: Wed Jul 21, 2021 1:09 am
felice wrote: Tue Jul 20, 2021 11:48 am Calogero Mannino took his life last Sunday. He's the son of Giovanni Angelo, he was 41 years old, made member of the Torretta family. His brother Santo Salvatore is living in the Usa and he's a made member too, he was answering to Frank Calì. His name emerged many times in the last investigation but he was not incriminated
So Santo mannino is made gambino member?
We don't know, for sure he's made, probably in Torretta but now reporting to the Gambino family
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felice wrote: Tue Jul 20, 2021 11:48 am Calogero Mannino took his life last Sunday. He's the son of Giovanni Angelo, he was 41 years old, made member of the Torretta family. His brother Santo Salvatore is living in the Usa and he's a made member too, he was answering to Frank Calì. His name emerged many times in the last investigation but he was not incriminated
a link with a few pics - there is a pic of giovanni angelo : https://palermo.gds.it/foto/cronaca/202 ... 944f649/5/
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felice wrote: Tue Jul 20, 2021 11:48 am Calogero Mannino took his life last Sunday. He's the son of Giovanni Angelo, he was 41 years old, made member of the Torretta family. His brother Santo Salvatore is living in the Usa and he's a made member too, he was answering to Frank Calì. His name emerged many times in the last investigation but he was not incriminated
Do you have anymore info as to how and why he killed himself ?
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stubbs wrote: Tue Jul 20, 2021 9:44 am Looks like they were pooling together money from families across Palermo to buy cocaine from the Calabrians. Would that be to sell locally across Sicily?
-gallina family is coordinating this since some years
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Pennisi says Ernie Grillo took over Paradiso's crew.
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