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
Pete Carlino
Sam Carlin
era, the word on the street
wasn’t mining; it was
mafia. Using the tunnels
area. Al Capone’s presence only
underground Trinidad, liquor
illuminates theAmerican Mafia
sales and other illegal operations
setting in the town of Trinidad.
became a way for these Italian
families to gain power in the
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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