Squints was John LaRocca's go to guy in NY and they were very friendly through Russell Bufalino. As Mike Genovese's stature rose, he became closer to Chin. Back in the day, Joe Sonken from Chicago had a restaurant in Hollywood, FL on A1A called The Gold Coast Restaurant, which was a regular hangout for mobsters who had homes in South Florida. LaRocca and his right hand man Joseph "Little Joe" Regino both had homes in Pompano Beach and lived near Paul Castellano. Typically, Regino would pass messages between LaRocca/Mannarino and Russell Bufalino through Anthony "Guv" Guarnieri. LaRocca was also photographed for over 20 years meeting with Funzi Tieri a couple time per year. LaRocca was also especially close to Joe Zerilli in Detroit and was very close to the Northern California families in San Jose and San Francisco. His cousins in San Francisco, Alphonse and Pasquale LaRocca, both made members, took over their father's seafood company, LaRocca and Sons Fish Co., which started in 1906 and is still the dominant provider of seafood on the West Coast. Big John also was close to Salvatore Marino and his son Angelo Marino, Sal retired from the Pittsburgh rackets and moved his cheese company out to San Jose and his son Angelo sold the company to Sargento Cheese for over $35 million.

The crazy thing is how these mobsters were tied to so many others around the country. The Calabrese mostly knew each other around the U.S as did the Sicilians and Neapolitans. Most of the old timers we talk about were part of the Italian emigration in the early 1900's and all settling in different areas. The Calabrese tended to migrate to areas with work as laborers, especially the rust belt. Atardi and Antillar from Black Hand are experts in early Italian immigration, I learned alot about the early days from them.

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