Actually, one more point, even Sciascia confounds me.

Was he killed cause he hit Cotronis son?

Did he offend Massino or Gotti?

Was he Vito's man in NY, or NYs man in Montreal?

Yet he clearly seemed to disrespect the chain of command in NY, I can't see him being " New Yorks" man.


@ Billy

I know you frequent the other forum, I know you saw the big thread on the Sicilian Gambinos.

There was lot on there on how John Gambino acted pretty autonomously, even though he was technically under the American structure. Also on how he was basically respected like a boss, not a soldier. It also said Cheech Gambino was on his way to being a mafia leader, but he wasn't even made in the American families I don't think. This was from informants in Italy. Lol, as I say that, it might be more of that geographical bias, but not in the case of Gambino, I don't think...


All these big mafia drug guys look the same to me. Very autonomous, very powerful, always connected to multiple families on both sides of the Atlantic.