Salvatore "Sally Bugs" Briguglio was a former Italian-American mobster and hitman for the Genovese crime family, and business agent for Local 560 for the Teamsters.
12 Facts About Salvatore Briguglio
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Salvatore Briguglio is known for being one of the prime suspects in the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa.
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Salvatore Briguglio was born on February 4,1930, at 406 Palisade Avenue in Union City, New Jersey.
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Salvatore Briguglio served with the US Army during the Korean War.
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Salvatore Briguglio was a loanshark and hitman who served as a lieutenant to Anthony Provenzano.
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Salvatore Briguglio allegedly killed over 50 people for the Genovese crime family.
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Salvatore Briguglio allegedly tortured and murdered Anthony Castellitto on the orders of Provenzano, due to Castellitto having received more votes than him in a union election.
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Salvatore Briguglio transported the body of Castellitto back to New Jersey and dismembered it in a woodchipper.
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In June 1976, Salvatore Briguglio was indicted, along with Provenzano and another murder associate in the Castellitto murder.
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Salvatore Briguglio is one of the top suspects in the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa.
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One FBI theory indicates that Salvatore Briguglio was one of the men who Hoffa met the day he vanished under the pretense that Hoffa was going to resolve his feud with Provenzano.
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Salvatore Briguglio is portrayed by Louis Cancelmi in the movie The Irishman.