Joseph Barboza
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Joseph Barboza Jr., nicknamed "the Animal", was an American mobster and notorious mob hitman for the Patriarca crime family of New England during the 1960s. A prominent enforcer and contract killer in
Barboza's 1967 mugshot
Sacramone, sparring partner, in 1967
Patriarca crime family
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The Patriarca crime family, also known as the New England Mafia, the Boston Mafia, the Providence Mafia, the Boston–Providence Mafia, or the Office, is an Italian-American Mafia crime family operating
Joseph Barboza
…Joseph Barboza Jr. (; September 20, 1932 – February 11, 1976), nicknamed "the Animal", was an American mobster and notorious mob hitman for the Patriarca crime family of New England during the 1960s. A prominent enforcer and contract killer in Boston's underworld, Barboza became a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI…
Raymond Patriarca, who was the boss from 1954 to 1984.
Raymond Patriarca Sr.'s Rhode Island State Police I.D. photo
FBI's 1963 La Cosa Nostra Commission chart
An FBI surveillance photograph of Angelo "Sonny" Mercurio (right), with Raymond Patriarca, Jr. (left)