Carmine Galante

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Camillo Carmine Galante (Italian: [ˈkarmine ɡaˈlante]; February 21, 1910 – July 12, 1979) was an American mafioso who was de facto boss of the Bonanno crime family of New York City. Law enforcement accused Galante of participating in between 80 and 100 murders, with an extensive arrest record dating back to 1926 for murder, assault, robbery, grand larceny, alcohol tax violation and narcotics. According to FBI files, Galante served as an enforcer for Vito Genovese during the 1930s and 1940s. During the 1950s, he ran an international narcotics ring with Joe Bonanno. Galante also attended the infamous October 1957 Apalachin meeting. Between 1958 and 1960, Galante was indicted for drug trafficking. In 1962 he was sentenced to twenty years in prison and was paroled in 1974. He was rarely seen without a cigar hanging from his mouth, leading to the nickname "The Cigar" and "Lilo", named after the Italian slang word for "a stubby little cigar". Galante was assassinated on Commission orders in 1979...

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