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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...cases during the family's so-called Gallo wars, which broke out in 1960 and resulted in 13 murders. In 1972 Joseph Gallo was sloppily killed by fellow Colombos in Umbertos, a crowded clam house in Manhattan's Little Italy. Several months later, his avengers entered another restaurant, the Neopolitan Noodle, and, in a case of mistaken identity, opened fire on four kosher-meat dealers out for a night on the town. Two were killed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Organized Crime: A Gang That Still Can't Shoot Straight | 1/20/1992 | See Source »

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