Sunday, April 26, 2026

Genovese - Patriarca Surveillance (1990s)

Surveillance photograph taken around the early-to-mid 1990s:

L to R: C. Mastrototaro, F. Salemme, R. DeLuca
Carlo Mastrotaro (1920-2009), father from Bisceglie comune of Bari, Puglia, was a New England-based Genovese Captain.

Frank Salemme (1933-2022), son of an Italian father (Mirabello Eclano in Avellino, Campania) and an Irish mother, succeeded Nicholas Bianco as Patriarca Family Boss after Bianco's early 1990s legal issues.

Robert DeLuca (1945-), father from Pratola Peligna comune of L'Aquila, Abruzzo per Ancestry, was inducted in October 1989 and named a Captain during Salemme's time as Boss. He and his older brother Joseph DeLuca, also a member, later became cooperating witnesses and provided key testimony in the 2018 case that sent Frank Salemme to prison for life.

More Patriarca Family posts can be found in the Index.

Genovese - Patriarca Surveillance (1990s)

Surveillance photograph taken around the early-to-mid 1990s: L to R: C. Mastrototaro, F. Salemme, R. DeLuca Carlo Mastrotaro (1920-2009), fa...