Tony Mirra – The Man Who Vouched for Joe Pistone

Gangland Wire

Gary Jenkins: Mafia Detective

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.6 • 623 Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Retired Intelligence Unit Detective Gary Jenkins tells the Wiretappers about the violent and brutal life of Bonanno Capo Tony Mirra. Tony Mirra comes from a Mafia legacy and rose through the ranks. He was so vicious and a good killer that Carmine “The Cigar” Galante used him to take out enemies. Mirra saw promise in a young newcomer named Donnie Brasco, who claimed to be a good jewel thief. The Feds put Mirra away, and Bonanno soldier Lefty Ruggerio “stole” Brasco (Joe Pistone). When Mirra left prison, he demanded Brasco back like he was a piece of property. They settled the dispute in a proper mafia manner by having a sit-down. Support the Podcast Hit me up on Venmo for a cup of coffee or a shot and a beer @ganglandwireClick here to “buy me a cup of coffee” To go to the store or make a donation or rent Ballot Theft: Burglary, Murder, Coverup click here To rent Brothers against Brothers, the documentary, click here. To rent Gangland Wire, the documentary, click here To buy my Kindle book, Leaving Vegas: The True Story of How FBI Wiretaps Ended Mob Domination of Las Vegas Casinos. To subscribe on iTunes click here, please give me a review and help others find the podcast.

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0:00.0	Well, hey, all you wiretappers out there, like here in the studio of Gangland Wire.
0:04.5	Another little special, a little research I did myself, Anthony Tony Mira, may have heard of him.
0:11.8	He is the guy that brought Joe Pistone in first.
0:16.3	Pistone had done some undercover work.
0:19.0	He'd gotten involved with some kind of a Stone Auto thing,
0:21.9	I think down in Florida, but he's gone up to New York and he's hanging out in joints and
0:28.2	he gets the attention of this Tony Mira. Now, I'll tell you a little bit about Tony Mira.
0:34.3	It wasn't a lot out there about him, but he was a born and bred mafia legacy.
0:41.0	He grew up on the Lower East Side. He was, ended up being a captain or a capo in the
0:48.5	Bonino crime family. Now, he's really, that is his claim to fame as he introduced Joe Pistone, aka Donnie Brasco, into the Bonano crime family.
1:02.4	Now, his parents were Albert and Millie, Mira, I think her maiden name was Embarado. Grew up in the Lower East Side.
1:11.6	He had, he was a nephew of a banana family capo regime named Alfred Embarado.
1:19.6	He was an uncle to a banana soldier named Joseph Damico.
1:25.6	He was a cousin to Bonano Capo Richard Cantarella,
1:30.8	who had a brother who named Frank Catarella,
1:35.7	and another brother named Paul Canarella.
1:40.1	So he was born and bred to the Bonanno Crime Family.
1:45.6	Grew up in a place called Nicarbockbacher Village.
1:50.3	He lived in the same building as a man, a young kid named Benjamin Lefty Regerio, who will become
1:57.5	famous as the Lefty Regerio.
2:01.3	As he grows up into his own, he owns and operates something called the lunchbox
2:07.1	luncheonette over in Middle Italy.
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