
Eddie Alvarez was the proprietor of the Bertolli Thrift Company in Miami.
Biography[]
Eddie Alvarez was born in Miami, Florida and he became the proprietor of the Bertolli Thrift Company. Alvarez's business became a front for Rico Granados' diamond smuggling operation, and, in 1959, Trapani crime family boss Dominic Corleone muscled in on the racket. He damaged Alvarez's business and forced Alvarez to pay protection to the Trapanis instead.