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- Joseph Profaci was put in charge of the group that would become the Colombo family. Profaci had emigrated from Sicily to the United States in 1921, when he was in his early 20s. He created an olive oil empire and rose through the ranks of the mob, earning a reputation for being a personable individual and a shrewd businessman.
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On February 26, 1930, Gaetano Reina was murdered and Masseria appointed Joseph Pinzolo as the new boss of the Reina family. During the war Profaci remained neutral, while he secretly supported Maranzano.
After Persico died in jail (2019), another one of his cousins, Andrew (“Andy Mush”) Russo, reputedly took over as boss of the Colombo family. He and other leaders, however, were arrested in 2021 on extortion charges, and Russo died in 2022 while awaiting trial.
Joseph Anthony Colombo Sr. (Italian:; June 16, 1923 – May 22, 1978) was the boss of the Colombo crime family, one of the Five Families of the American Mafia in New York City. Colombo was born in New York City, where his father was an early member of what was then the Profaci crime family.
Carmine John Persico Jr. (Italian: [ˈkarmine ˈpɛrsiko]; August 8, 1933 – March 7, 2019), also known as "Junior", "The Snake" and "Immortal", was an American mobster and the longtime boss of the Colombo crime family in New York City from 1973 until his death in 2019. He had been serving 32 years in federal prison from 1987 until his death ...
Carmine Persico was the boss of the Colombo crime family, one of the five Italian-American Mafia families in New York City.
May 4, 2024 · Known as "The Snake," Carmine Persico became boss of the Colombo family in 1973 and ruled until he died in prison on March 7, 2019.
At the end of the Castellammarese War Profaci was recognized as boss of what was now the Profaci crime family, with Magliocco as underboss and Salvatore Profaci as consigliere. Profaci’s closest ally on the board was Joe Bonanno, who would cooperate with Profaci over the next 30 years.
