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Gene Garza

Gene Garza was the owner of Basso Oil Fill & Go.

Biography[]

Gene Garza was born in Miami, Florida to a family of Cuban descent. He came to own the Basso Oil Fill & Go, and he came under the thumb of the Granados crime family, which used his business as a front for its gun-running racket. In 1959, Garza was extorted by Trapani crime family boss Aldo Trapani, who took over the gunrunning racket.

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