Modesto Loquasto was a Bufalino soldier who authorities say served as Pittston capo/underboss Rosario (Russ) Bufalino’s personal driver and bodyguard during the 1940s.
Modesto (Murph) Loquasto – aka Murphy, Modeste Loquasto, Modesto LoQuastro – was born in Northeastern Pennsylvania, in the town of Pittston, on September 23, 1911.
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