Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the info on Persico not being the official boss come from CIs in old FBI reports? Not exactly cold hard facts. Then there are other informants like Cantelupo and Franzese that say DiBella was acting boss for Persico.
Joey Gallo also bragged that he and Carmine Persico were part of the five-man hit team involved in the Anastasia slaying, according to Selwyn Raab.
Nevertheless, I'm just recounting what Carmine's attorneys are saying. I, for one, have no clue whether Carmine Persico was the boss of the Colombo crime family following the '73 assassination of Joe Colombo or whether it was Thomas DiBella, and I imagine the truth lies somewhere in between.