- "The blood of Giuseppe Carillo still runs warm - mixed with that of 18 associates on the unvarnished wooden floor of a waterfront restaurant. He was victim, and primary target, of the horrific All Saints Day Massacre. The city was once his to command, but all that has now been swept away. The Marcano brothers, who aimed the Tommy guns on that fateful November night, now own New Bordeaux.."
- — Cigarette Card Description
Giuseppe Carillo is a character mentioned in Mafia III and Mafia: Definitive Edition.
History[]
Carillo was the most powerful mobster of New Bordeaux, leading the Carillo Crime Family and running the rackets, politicians, police and operations of the city, effectively keeping New Bordeaux under his firm hand. At some point of his life he recruited Valerio Marcano to his organization, who eventually became an enforcer. He also recruited Valerio's son Sal Marcano after the latter saved him from a murder attempt in prison. Meanwhile, an Italian named Enzo Conti started to rob several of Carillo's businesses together with a small crew. Rather than retaliate, Carillo saw potential in Conti and offered him a position in the crime family.
However, Sal had convinced Enzo to work with him to take Carillo down. In 1934, Sal indirectly caused his father's death and placed the blame on Carillo, convincing his three brothers and some other friends and allies to aid him on his quest to take Carillo down and rule New Bordeaux.
While Carillo was dining in a popular Italian restaurant in the French Ward along with 18 of his men, a half dozen men came and ruthlessly shot the place down with Tommy guns, killing Carillo and all his men in cold blood while the fireworks were happening. Those men were Sal Marcano and two of his brothers, Lou, and Lucio along with two additional men. This event would later be known as the All Saint's Day Massacre.
After Carillo's death, the Marcanos took over New Bordeaux's criminal underworld and started the Marcano Crime Family, which became the new ruling criminal organization of the city.
Family Members[]
- Giuseppe Carillo - Don (Deceased)
- Enzo Conti - Lieutenant
- Sal Marcano (Deceased)
- Lou Marcano (Deceased)
- Lucio Marcano (Deceased)
- Valerio Marcano - Enforcer (Deceased)
- Gianni Derazio - Associate (Deceased)
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Trivia[]
- Giuseppe Carillo is likely based on real-life mobster Silvestro Carollo, who was the boss of the New Orleans Crime Family from the 1920s to the 1940s. Carollo was the predecessor to Carlos Marcello, who in turn inspired Sal Marcano.
- Tony Derazio's father, Gianni worked for Carillo as the owner of a bar which served as a hangout place for Carillo's men and a front for their bets.
- Carillo is seen on a cigarette card and in an issue of Gangsters Monthly in Mafia: Definitive Edition.