 He became the "capo mandamento" of Gangi-San Mauro Castelverde area, and his influence reached into the province of Messina.He was a member of the Sicilian Mafia Commission since the late 1970s, according to the pentiti Salvatore Cancemi, Francesco Di Carlo and Giovanni Brusca.He was close to the Corleonesi, and supported them during the Second Mafia War.