He was Riina's man, so maybe the boss didn't want him to join the Gambino family like Riina's enemies the Inzerillos and other escapees. After the arrest of Totò Riina (1993) and Leoluca Bagarella (1995), the Inzerillos started to come back to Sicily, at the time, Naimo had been appointed to guarantee the agreement.
In 2005 Naimo made the transfer to the Tommaso Natale-Cardillo family.
That’s what I’ve always wondered: Once Riina took control over LCN in Sicily to control the heroin pipeline, who were his allies in the US? So, that gives some insight. Do we know of any other allies in the US? Or, maybe the US Zips and Americans just fell in line because they were in New York and wanted to keep the pipeline running along uninterrupted. Like John Gambino sitting down with Riina.... he had to fall in line with the changes in Palermo because he probably wasn’t in a position to start a war.
Do we know if Naimo had a whole crew of Zips in the Lukes?
Also, were there any Zips in the US from the actual town of Corleone or nearby towns?
