Joseph "The Animal" Barboza (d. 1976) was an American mobster, hit man, and former boxer from East Boston, Massachusetts during the 1960s. Although of Portuguese descent, Barbosa worked for the Italian Mafia or La Cosa Nostra. An enforcer for the New England Mafia's Patriarca crime family, Barboza turned FBI informant while imprisoned for murder, and eventually testified against Raymond Patriarca, Sr. before entering the Witness Protection Program. Wikipedia
One of the criminals they eventually turned was New England Family associate Joseph Barboza. www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/family_epics/provi...
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