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Baldassare Amato
Born
15 December 1951
Castellammare del Golfo, Italy
Nationality
Sicilian
Occupation(s)
Alleged gangster, delicatessen owner
Known for
Member of the Bonanno Mafia family, involvement in the assassination of Carmine Galante, sentenced to life for murder
Criminal status
Incarcerated
Relatives
Cesare Bonventre (cousin)
Criminal charge
Murder
Penalty
Life in prison
Baldassare Amato (born 15 December 1951) is a Sicilian gangster and a member of the Bonanno Mafia family in New York City. He was a cousin of Bonanno crime family capo Cesare Bonventre. At age 18, he emigrated from Castellammare del Golfo, Italy, to New York City and lived at 199 Avenue South Prospect Lefferts Gardens. He was one of two bodyguards to Carmine Galante who allegedly lured their own boss to the scene of his assassination in 1979. The New York Times correspondent Ralph Blumenthal describes Amato as "...looking like a fierce Alain Delon, darkly handsome, a wave of thick black hair, deep-set sparkling eyes, full, sensuous lips." He told police that he was a delicatessen owner.
In 2006, he was sentenced to life in prison for the 1992 murders of Sebastiano DiFalco and Robert Perrino.[1] DiFalco was a restaurant owner, and prosecutors argued that Amato "removed" him in order to take over his business. The Bonannos were concerned that Perrino, a delivery supervisor for the New York Post, would expose their infiltration of the newspaper's delivery operations.
^Rashbaum, William K. (28 October 2006). "Mafia Figure is Sentenced to Life Term in 2 Murders". The New York Times.
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