Here, forty years after Joe came into the world, another Di Maggio opened his eyes for the first time. His parents (his father Andrea, a shepherd who was also a Mafioso) christened the baby Baldassare. Of Assyrian origin, the name translates roughly into English as ‘Lord Protect the King.' It is one of the most original of given names outside of Italy. Only five have been registered in the USA since 1924. While he was never royalty, thirty-nine years after his birth, Baldassare would need plenty of protection, and in the process, maybe his actions would change the history of the Sicilian Mafia, forever. San Giuseppe Jato, variously described as a village, a town or a commune, sits under the Jato Mountain in the Belice River Valley, about 30 kilometers west of Palermo City. The population has varied over the years between eight and nine thousand and is largely an agricultural based economy relying on corn, grapes and olives, as well as cattle breeding. It has another, darker economy, one that dates back to the 1950s.
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