Juan Galiffi | |
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| Born | December 9, 1892 |
| Died | January 25, 1943 (aged 50) |
Jaun Galiffi (Born Giovanni Galiffi in Ravanusa, Sicily; December 9, 1892 – Milan; January 25, 1943), also known as Chicho Grande or the Al Capone of Rosario, was an Italian-Argentine crime boss during the 1920s and 1930s who was the head of an Italian mafia family in the city of Rosario, Argentina.
Giovanni Galiffi was born in Sicily, Italy, in 1892. He arrived in Argentina at the age of 18, in 1910, and settled in, Gálvez, Santa Fe.[1] There he started as a factory employee he became the owner of a hairdressers and a cantina. He bought houses and vineyards in Mendoza, Argentina and race horses in San Juan. Galiffi developed a mafia family with various Italian criminals.[2] He was attributed with the kidnapping and death of the student Abel Ayerza Arning[3] and Silvio Alzogaray, journalist for the newspaper Crítica.[4]
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- ^ "El secuestro de Ayerza y la mafia de Chicho Grande". www.diariopopular.com.ar (in Spanish). 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
- ^ http://edant.clarin.com/diario/2003/12/27/g-05640.htm