Albert Embarrato

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Albert "Al Walker" Embarrato (November 12, 1909-February 21, 2001) was a longtime New York mobster and a capo of the Bonanno crime family who died in 2001 of natural causes. Embarrato's nephew was Anthony Mirra, a soldier who was both widely disliked and feared in the Bonanno family. Allegedly, Mirra was murdered by Joseph D'Amico, also a relative. D'Amico, who later became a witness for the government to avoid a heavy prison sentence, supposedly revealed that Mirra's execution was ordered by Embarrato as punishment for the Donnie Brasco situation that unfolded in the late 1970s and early 1980s. There are those who stil consider this accusation doubtful for they knew of D'Amico's deep respect for his relative, Tony Mirra.

[edit] Further reading

• Raab, Selwyn. Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2005. ISBN 0-312-30094-8