Pietro Torretta

Pietro Torretta
Mafia boss Pietro Torretta at his arrest in 1964
Bornca. 1912
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
DiedOctober 3, 1975 (age 63)
Asinara, Italy
Known forProtagonist in the First Mafia War
AllegianceSicilian Mafia
Criminal chargeMurder
Penalty27 years at the Trial of the 114 against the Mafia in Catanzaro in December 1968

Pietro Torretta (ca. 1912 – October 3, 1975) was a member of the Sicilian Mafia. He was the boss of the Mafia family in the Uditore district in Palermo and one of the protagonists in the First Mafia War. He was initially considered to be the man behind the Ciaculli massacre.