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.