Angelo La Barbera | |
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.jpg) Angelo La Barbera | |
| Born | July 3, 1924 |
| Died | October 28, 1975 (aged 51) |
| Cause of death | Stabbed to death in prison by rival Mafia factions |
| Known for | Protagonist in the First Mafia War |
| Allegiance | Sicilian Mafia |
| Criminal charge | Murder |
| Penalty | 22 years at the Trial of the 114 against the Mafia in Catanzaro in December 1968 |
Angelo La Barbera (Italian: [ˈandʒelo la barˈbɛːra]; July 3, 1924 – October 28, 1975) was a powerful member of the Sicilian Mafia. Together with his brother Salvatore La Barbera he ruled the Mafia family of Palermo Centro. Salvatore La Barbera sat on the first Sicilian Mafia Commission that was set up in 1958 as the capo mandamento, or district head, for Mafia families of Borgo Vecchio, Porta Nuova and Palermo Centro.
Gaia Servadio, an English/Italian journalist who wrote a biography on Angelo La Barbera, described him as the symbol of the quick, clever gangster – the new post-war mafioso who in the end became the victim of the many politicians he himself had built. He represented the proletariat who tried to become mafioso, middle class, and ultimately did not succeed.[1]
- ^ Servadio, Mafioso, p. 182-84