Just to reiterate when i mean they had no shot i mean they knew the pinch was coming and they all would be off the street for at least a decade, and they didnt have the numbers.or strength in the street to keep the baton,.is what i mean...by late i8 they knew delamontagne had been a fed and had been around biag and done some thinga, they knew of a couple of others that had 'disappeared' presumably in witsec (correctly) and im not talking know wiseguys or anything but guys thar were gonna put them in rico(gambling,shy, extortion) trust me they knew they were gonna get pinched

To them salemme was the vulture high up in the cliff ready to pick the carcass