Russo was one of the most infamous nefarious gangsters in New England history. he was dubbed “a genius with a carbine” by fellow mobster & powerful high ranking Capo Illario Zannino for the way he gunned down hit-man turned stool pigeon Joseph Baron “The Animal” Barboza, while Barboza was on the Federal Witness Protection Program in 1976, in San Francisco, California. Barboza was the first guy ever to be killed while on the Federal Witness Protection Program. Russo was described by the government as being an unindicted coconspirator of Marino. But it wasn’t just Russo’s killing skills that made him memorable. it was the way he conducted part of a one extremely famous, NOW not so secret Mafia ritual. projectmarino/character-page-3/new-england/patriarca-family/joseph-j-r-russo/ A mob boss in 1989, of the New England Mafia, he literally killed his way to the top, known for his extremely expensive custom made suits & sharp features, pure white full set of hair, Russo tracked Barboza to San Francisco, where he cut down the FBI informant with four close-range shotgun blasts on February 11, 1976. Barboza admitted to killing over 29 people. And Five more while he was on the Federal Witness Protection Program. Which with a plea deal he only served 3 years in State Prison for them, only because the Boston’s FBI H. Paul Rico & Dennis Condign as well as then United States Attorney Edward Harrington, vouched for him with a promise to the State prosecutions prosecutors that they will testify on Barboza’s behalf if it went to trial. However after Barboza served his sentence he was greeted with a gift four shot gun blasts from a shotgun caring Russo. The murder of the burly Barboza was enough to win Russo notoriety among his mob peers, nation wide. But his raspy voice on an FBI tape of a mob induction ceremony that made him infamous.
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