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Joseph Barboza Jr. (/ b ɑːr ˈ b oʊ z ə /; September 20, 1932 – February 11, 1976), nicknamed "the Animal", was an American mobster and notorious mob hitman for the Patriarca crime family of New England during the 1960s.
Feb 13, 2020 · Joe “The Animal” Barboza was a hitman for Raymond Patriarca’s New England crime family in the 1960s. He later became an FBI informant.
Sep 14, 2015 · Joseph (the Animal) Barboza was a murderer for hire from New Bedford, Massachusetts, who came by his nickname after an altercation with a minor mafioso which he elected to settle with...
May 15, 2013 · Barboza killed a man in Santa Rosa and, at trial, his true identity came out. After serving five years in prison, Barboza moved to San Francisco and lived in an apartment near Ocean Beach.
Jul 23, 2014 · Psychopathic strongman Joseph “The Animal” Barboza was one of the most feared mob enforcers of all time, killing as many as thirty people for business and pleasure.
Oct 29, 2023 · Joseph Barboza was one of America’s most famous hitmen — and the first stool pigeon to die in witness protection.
In this rare 1970 interview, Barboza talks about his life in the mob. Labelled as the Joe Valachi of New England, Barboza turned government witness in 1967 while imprisoned for murder, and ...
Apr 18, 2024 · The tale of Joseph “The Animal” Barboza is one of the most colorful and unique sagas in the history of American organized crime. Throughout the twists and turns of his criminal life, Barboza ...
Joseph Barboza Jr. ( / bɑːrˈboʊzə /; September 20, 1932 – February 11, 1976), nicknamed "the Animal", was an American mobster and notorious mob hitman for the Patriarca crime family of New England during the 1960s.
Jan 11, 2012 · There’s the time in 1965 when Joseph Elmer McCain, one of the toughest cops ever in Boston, arrested Joe Barboza, for beating up a patron at The Ebb Tide bar in Revere Beach. In the jail, Barboza insulted McCain, saying he wasn’t so tough without his gun.
