LaTorre allegedly entered the U.S. in May 1903, and seems to have been an early leader of a secret organization of underworld figures from Montedoro, Sicily who set up their base of operations in the Pittston-Scranton-Wilkes-barre areas of Pennsylvania. After arriving in Pittston, LaTorre saved up to pay for the transatlantic passage of his brother-in-law, Montedoro Mafia boss Santo Volpe. In 1907, LaTorre was convicted with Charles Bufalino, uncle of future crime boss Russell Bufalino, for a protection racket against mine workers. He died of natural causes in 1984 at the ripe old age of 98.