Bonanno Family Lineage Chart

[chin_gigante]

Later in Lino's testimony he says something that conflicts slightly with this:

Well, I was told by the people that were running the family, Mickey Savarino, Frankie Lupo, Philly Lucky, to investigate this because it doesn't look god for the Bonanno Family that somebody got blown up.

So the question is whether Indelicato or Giaccone filled the third spot on that panel. I would assume it was Giaccone if he served as acting boss during that time.

[thekiduknow]

Good catch Chin, I should wait to read through the whole thing next time lol.



At first he says Sonny Red was in a position of authority with Lupo and Zaffarano, saying they were part of the "administration", then says Giaccone was with part of the administration. Seems more likely now that it was Giaccone, and he possibly mixed them up.

[chin_gigante]

I think the mix up is most likely explained by Indelicato's presence on that 1979-1980 panel after Galante's murder.

Lino made a similar mistake at one point by saying Cesare Bonventre, Salvatore Vitale, and Gabriel Infanti were on a panel together. Obviously that couldn't be true considering Vitale wasn't even inducted until after Bonventre was murdered.

[thekiduknow]

That could be it.

He describes a large meeting where the hit on Tony Coglitore was ordered, where there were a bunch of captains there, including Sonny Red, so that adds to the confusion. He got the order from a bunch of guys.

But, it does seem consistent that Lupo and Zaffarano were helping run the family, especially around 1978 when Galante was imprisoned. Indelicato and Giaccone both could have been on a panel with them, possibly at different times.

[thekiduknow]

A Bonanno/Upstate NY/Montreal connection I found not too long ago was that Paul Sciacca lived for a time in a town called Massena, in St. Lawrence County right on the border of New York and Canada, about 84 miles from Montreal. He filed his first papers for naturalization there in 1931.

By 1938, he was back in Brooklyn. Not sure why he moved, or if there was any Cosa Nostra reason, but thought it was interesting to note. Sciacca was in the Galante/Notaro crew by the 1960s, and that crew was deeply tied to Montreal, so there might be something more there.

[B.]

Great find on Phil Giaccone being acting boss. I'd come across info years ago that gave me that impression but I never saw it stated outright that he was AB.

Also on Sciacca, as you know he was going to (or briefly did) supervise the Montreal decina early on in the Bonanno war.

[Antiliar]

Bonanno replacement list from the New York Daily News, 1998:

Bonanno membership list NYDN 1998Feb6.jpg

[thekiduknow]

Also on Sciacca, as you know he was going to (or briefly did) supervise the Montreal decina early on in the Bonanno war.

Yup, so I wonder if he knew any of the members there.

Frank LaBruzzo was said to have represented Montreal at one of the captains meetings after Bonanno got removed. Off the top of my head, I can’t think of any connection between him and Montreal. It would make sense if Notaro represented them.

[thekiduknow]

Bonanno replacement list from the New York Daily News, 1998:

Bonanno membership list NYDN 1998Feb6.jpg

Thanks for posting.

[chin_gigante]

More information on the panel in the late-90s:

- Frank Coppa was put on the panel after the Sciascia murder
- At that time, Coppa and Salvatore Vitale were the only members of the panel
- While on the panel, Coppa was responsible for servicing captains Peter Calabrese, Frank Lino, Anthony Graziano, and Frank Porco
- Coppa was taken off the panel when he was arrested in 2000
- Coppa believed Richard Cantarella replaced him on the panel

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I'm not sure that last bit about Cantarella replacing Coppa on the panel is accurate. Cantarella himself testified that when he was put on the panel it consisted of himself, Joseph Cammarano, Sr., and Anthony Urso, which most likely meant he was put on there in 2002.

My updated timeline for the 1990s-2000s panel:

1994-1996

Salvatore Vitale (Underboss)
Louis Attanasio (Captain)
James Tartaglione (Captain)

1996-1998

Salvatore Vitale (Underboss)
Gerlando Sciascia (Captain)
James Tartaglione (Captain)

1998-1999

Salvatore Vitale (Underboss)
Gerlando Sciascia (Captain)

1999-2000

Salvatore Vitale (Underboss)
Frank Coppa (Captain)

2000-2001

Salvatore Vitale (Underboss)
Anthony Urso (Captain)

2001-2002

Salvatore Vitale (Underboss)
Anthony Graziano (Captain)
Anthony Urso (Captain)

2002

Joseph Cammarano, Sr. (Captain)
Richard Cantarella (Captain)
Anthony Urso (Captain)

2002-2003

Peter Calabrese (Captain)
Joseph Cammarano, Sr. (Captain)
Anthony Urso (Captain)

[thekiduknow]

Dominick "Mimi" Sabella also a skipper during the 1950s.

What’s the source on Sabella being a captain in the 50s?

[B.]

Dominick "Mimi" Sabella also a skipper during the 1950s.

What’s the source on Sabella being a captain in the 50s?

Like we talked about a few months ago, a young Mike Sabella took over part of John Bonventre's decina when he was shelved in the late 1940s.

On the Valachi charts and other places info for Domenico Sabella seems to be confused with Mike Sabella (who gets called "Mimi", the nickname for Domenico, which he wasn't) so I'm wondering if this is what has led to Domenico being identified as a captain during the period we know Mike Sabella actually held that rank.

[thekiduknow]

Dominick "Mimi" Sabella also a skipper during the 1950s.

What’s the source on Sabella being a captain in the 50s?

Like we talked about a few months ago, a young Mike Sabella took over part of John Bonventre's decina when he was shelved in the late 1940s.

On the Valachi charts and other places info for Domenico Sabella seems to be confused with Mike Sabella (who gets called "Mimi", the nickname for Domenico, which he wasn't) so I'm wondering if this is what has led to Domenico being identified as a captain during the period we know Mike Sabella actually held that rank.

I was thinking the same thing, that they may have been confused. Never realized it's odd that Mike Sabella gets referred to as "Mimi".

I'm blanking, what's the source again on Mike Sabella taking over Bonventre's crew in the 40s? I believe it, just curious where it comes from. I'm pretty sure a Tucson informant was the source for Sabella taking over after Bonventre left for Sicily in 1958.

[B.]

It's in an FBI report. Don't know who reported it. Bonventre was shelved for insulting Magaddino.

JD found the same thing and elaborated on it if I remember correctly, that Sabella took at least part of Bonventre's crew but Bonventre was given some of his guys back and finally when he went to Italy some of his crew was placed back with Sabella who remained a captain throughout.

[thekiduknow]

It's in an FBI report. Don't know who reported it. Bonventre was shelved for insulting Magaddino.

JD found the same thing and elaborated on it if I remember correctly, that Sabella took at least part of Bonventre's crew but Bonventre was given some of his guys back and finally when he went to Italy some of his crew was placed back with Sabella who remained a captain throughout.

Ah, that sounds familiar.

Correct me if I'm wrong, as I may have mixed up the details, but do you remember if the insult to Magaddino had something to do with a story he tells on a wiretap, something about a rifle that belonged to DiGregorio? I believe its when he's talking to Paul Sciacca and the other Bonanno guy. There's another translation where he tells the story, and segues into the murder of Joseph Stabile, who was killed in the 1940s, so I wonder if the two were connected somehow.