Murdered Italian Mobsters

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Murdered 'ndranghetisti, Murdered Banda Della Magliana Members, Murdered Camorristi, Murdered Mafiosi, Murdered Milanese Mobsters, Stefano Bontade, Salvatore Inzerillo, Michele Cavataio, Antonio Bardellino, Angelo La Barbera, Giuseppe Di Cristina, Giuseppe Greco, Michele Navarra, Paolo de Stefano, Giuseppe Calderone, Vincenzo Casillo, Francis Turatello, Rosario Riccobono, Domenico Tripodo, Antonio Cottone, Filippo Marchese, Calcedonio Di Pisa, Vincenzo Puccio, Leonardo Vitale, Antonio MacrČ, Cesare Manzella, Calogero Bagarella, Giuseppe Puca, Enrico de Pedis, Giuseppe Nirta, Salvatore La Barbera, Mario Prestifilippo. Excerpt: Stefano Bontade (April 23, 1939 April 23, 1981) was a powerful member of the Sicilan Mafia. Some sources spell his surname Bontate. He was the capomafia of the Santa Maria di Ges Family in Palermo. He was alleged to have links with several powerful politicians, including Giulio Andreotti. In 1981 he was killed by the rival faction within Cosa Nostra, the Corleonesi. His death sparked a brutal Mafia War that left several hundred mafiosi dead. Bontade was born in Palermo into a family of Mafiosi. His father and grandfather were both powerful Mafia bosses in the area Villagrazia, Santa Maria di Ges and Guadagna, which were rural districts before they were absorbed into the city of Palermo in the 1960s. Stefanos father, Francesco Paolo Bontade, was one of the most powerful mafiosi on the island and a pallbearer at the funeral of Mafia boss Calogero Vizzini one of the most influential Mafia bosses of Sicily after World War II until his death in 1954. Stefano Bontade and his brother Giovanni Bontade who would become a lawyer studied at a Jesuit college. In 1964, at the age of 25, Stefano Bontade became the boss of the Sant... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2000002