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unintended consequence. The courtyard soon became a battlefield. Old rancors, impending vendettas and gang feuds exploded and were resolved in the bloodiest ways. Among many assassinations, Barra personally killed three rival NF members. These hits as well as many others greatly increased Barra's prestige and standing among the other NCO members.
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reveal them to the other people who would have otherwise been simply too scared to approach Cutolo. Barra was in fact the de facto link between Cutolo and other NCO members, bridging Cutolo's charisma with a more practical vision of life. As such, Cutolo greatly appreciated Barra's role within the organization.
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My dearest compare, you have heard about the arrest of that big don. He peed in his pants because he thought that he got caught by the men of the Prince. Now tell me how these people think that they can survive, and anyway I am waiting to cross the paths of some of these conspirators, because I want
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He pursued his newly appointed mission with a fervent religious zeal and he became almost suicidal in his attempts to eliminate his adversaries. He never worried about getting caught. In fact, some of his letters sent to other members of the NCO attest to his thirst for blood. He once wrote to Marco
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to more respectable businesses. The NCO even had their own men inside the city council. When Barra's younger brother was shot in the knee-caps by a rival gang, they were able to find him a job inside City Hall, after having provided him with a governmental pension for an alleged permanent infirmity.
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was born, Barra was the first and most devoted member of Cutolo's gang ever since they were both teenagers. At 6' 3" tall, he was physically impressive with a lean and athletic build. When Cutolo set up the NCO at their hometown on
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My dearest comare, regarding this crawling vermin (the traitors), be confident. I will give you full satisfaction. I was so nervous that my own liver rotted because i did not have a chance yet to meet and greet these scumbags. I am telling you: be calm. I will take care of them with the help of the
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Through his sister, Cutolo told the
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prison, the confusion and terror were magnified by the feeling of being entrapped. In order to avoid panic and a greater disaster, the prisoners were allowed to go to the jail courtyard presumed to be safer from collapsing buildings. However, this decision made by the prison authorities had an
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During the period between 1976 and 1983, when the NCO had total control over
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took charge of reinforcing all intimidation, extortion and racketeering activities within their territory. He became a full-time killer for the organization, favoring the use of knives and butchery tools over guns and automatic weapons to carry out his hits.
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Brother, I beg you to give a kiss to our Prince (Cutolo). I am doing all I can to get transferred to Napoli to kill some of these scumbags, and I will perform one of my best dramas: they must pay, understand?
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For instance, when Cutolo purchased a 16th-century castle in
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