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Title Pesos : the rise and fall of a border family / Pietro La Greca Jr. ; with Rebecca Paley.
Author La Greca, Pietro, Jr., author.
Publication Info. New York : Little A, [2022]
©2022
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 Hiawassee  364.106 LAG    Checked Out
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  364.106 LAG    Check Shelves
 South Creek  364.106 LAG    Check Shelves
Edition First edition.
Description 239 pages ; 22 cm
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Summary "Pietro La Greca Sr. was an intimidating Napolitano con man dubbed "Mexico's real-life Don Corleon." He ran Mexico's biggest money-laundering scheme during the worst economic period in the country's history. His was a world of fast cars, mansions on the water, and VIP treatment at Las Vegas casinos. His exploitation of Mexico's financial free fall made him a wealthy man. But while he was running his criminal empire, his son, Pietro Jr., a.k.a. Picho, was learning his father's tricks---if only to bring the man down..."--cover page 2.
Subject La Greca, Pietro, Jr.
La Greca, Pietro, Sr.
Money laundering -- Mexico.
Organized crime -- North America.
Mexican-American Border Region.
Genre Autobiographies.
Added Author Paley, Rebecca, author.
ISBN 9781542033466 (hardcover) : $24.95
1542033462 (hardcover)
9781542033442 (paperback)
1542033446 (paperback)
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