Vito Bonventre

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Vito Bonventre (1875 – July 15, 1930) was a New York mobster involved in bootlegging with Brooklyn mobster Cola Schiro throughout the Prohibition era.

Bonventre later served as underboss to New York mob boss Salvatore Maranzano during the Castellammarese War. During the early months of the war, Bonventre became a target as the Brooklyn-based Castellammarese began to threaten Joe "the Boss" Masseria's domination over Italian organized crime. On July 15, 1930, Bonventre was gunned down by Masseria gunmen outside his garage.

Bonventre is buried in Calvary Cemetery in Woodside, Queens.

In popular culture

A second cousin of mob boss Joseph Bonanno, Bonventre was portrayed by John Vamvas in the 1999 television movie Bonanno: A Godfather's Story.

External links

The American "Mafia": Who was Who ? - Vito Bonventre
Vito Bonventre at Find-A-Grave

Bonanno crime family

Boss(s)

Current members

Past members

Made men	Salvatore Bonanno Cesare Bonventre Giovanni Bonventre Patrick DeFilippo Alfred Embarrato Carmine Galante Philip Giaccone Al Indelicato Paolo LiCastri Nicholas Marangello Anthony Mirra Salvatore Montagna John Morales Dominic Napolitano Benjamin Ruggiero Michael Sabella Gerlando Sciascia Anthony Spero John Tartamella Antonio Tomasulo Dominick Trinchera

Associates	Costabile Farace Robert Perrino

Informants	Richard Cantarella Frank Coppa Joseph D'Amico Frank Lino Joseph Massino Salvatore Vitale Raymond Wean

Family events

Hearings	Kefauver Committee (1950–1951) Valachi hearings (1963)

Social clubs	The Motion Lounge

Trials	The Pizza Connection Trial (1985-1986) Mafia Commission Trial (1986)

Victims	Murder victims

Wars	Castellammarese War (1929–1931)

Allies

Operation Donnie Brasco

Joseph D. Pistone
Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia (1988 book)
The Way of the Wiseguy (2004 book)
Donnie Brasco (film)

See also: American Mafia Template; Five Families Template

Italian American Mafia

Families

East Coast	Five Families of New York City: Bonanno Colombo Gambino Genovese Lucchese Buffalo DeCavalcante (New Jersey) Patriarca (New England) Philadelphia Pittsburgh Trafficante (Florida)

Midwestern/Western	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Los Angeles Milwaukee St. Louis

Defunct	Bufalino (Pennsylvania) Dallas Denver Genna (Chicago) New Orleans Rochester San Francisco San Jose

Structure

Chain of command	The Commission Boss (Don) Underboss Consigliere (advisor) Caporegime (captain or capo) Soldier Associate

Members (made men)	List of Italian American mobsters List of Italian American mobsters by organization

Codes and Terms	Initiation ceremony Bagman Vendetta Capo di tutti capi (boss of bosses) Mustache Pete Omertà Zips

Events

Meetings	Atlantic City Conference (1929) Havana Conference (1946) Apalachin Meeting (1957) Palermo Mafia summit (1957)

Hearings	Kefauver Committee (1950–1951) Valachi hearings (1963)

Wars	Mafia–Camorra War (1914–1917) Castellammarese War (1929–1931)

Trials	Pizza Connection Trial (1985–1987) Mafia Commission Trial (1985–1986)

See also: Sicilian Mafia Template
Camorra in New York Template
List of Mafia crime families

Calvary Cemetery (Queens, New York)

Persondata
Name	Bonventre, Vito
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1875
Place of birth
Date of death	July 15, 1930
Place of death

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