Originally Posted by BensonHURST
So then their hits were sanctioned by the Bonanno family?


Seriously doubt it.

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The Rizzutto's started out as a crew of the Bonanno family.


Yes

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So the Rizzutos bumped off the capo of the Bonnano's Canadian Crew and took over,
They then got so big and powerful that they separated and formed their own family.


Pretty much.

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So Sal the Iron worker technically had a legit claim up in Canada
??????????


Nope. He just happened to get deported around the time Vito was in prison and thought it was a great opportunity to take them over because he was ex-boss and thought it meant something up there. It ended with him jumping out of a window and trying to swim across a frozen river.