Capone in Trinidad ?
THAT ’ S RIGHT , ONE OF AMERICA ’ S MOST NOTORIOUS OUTLAWS ONCE VENTURED AROUND THE AGUILAR / TRINIDAD AREA
in perfectly with the Italian landscape that Trinidad had turned into during the 1920s and 30s .
Far from the hustling city streets of Chicago , Al Capone finds sanctuary in the county of Las Animas .
Italian immigrants in need of work made a home for themselves in these towns by working the mines . However , during the prohibition era , the word on the street wasn ’ t mining ; it was mafia . Using the tunnels underground Trinidad , liquor sales and other illegal operations became a way for these Italian families to gain power in the
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area . Al Capone ’ s presence only illuminates theAmerican Mafia setting in the town of Trinidad .
Venturing between Trinidad and Aguilar , reports that Capone and his family hid from the constant search of law enforcement in these small mining towns have been verified . What better a place for an on-the-run criminal to lay low for a while . The town of Trinidad , especially , has plenty of opportunity for a man of his
stature . Known for his association with major mafia crime families in New York and Chicago , Capone fits
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