Monday, July 8, 2024

Colorado Chart (1980)

 FBI chart of the Colorado Family compiled around March 1980:


Notes

- Anthony Basile, formerly a member in Rockford, died in 1977.

- In July 1980 the FBI's Denver Field Office reported: "The Denver LCN 'family' is currently composed of six (6) individuals and recent source information indicates two (2) persons are being considered for initiation into this 'family'. There is currently one (1) LCN member in Pueblo, John Russell Foderaro [who] is the son of Sam Foderaro...According to our most recent information, Eugene Smaldone and some of his associates make regular trips to and from Pueblo to consult with Foderaro."

- Foderaro was stabbed to death in November 1980.

- By 1985 Clarence and Clyde Smaldone switched places and Paul Villano was Consigliere.

Joseph Abate (Lucchese)

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