Mobster admits role in N.Y. killings
A Canadian mobster who said he participated in the slaying of three reputed New York Mafia captains in 1981 pleaded guilty to racketeering under a deal calling for a 10-year prison term.
Vito Rizzuto, 61, dubbed the “Godfather of Montreal” by the Canadian press, entered his plea at a federal court in Brooklyn a day before the 26th anniversary of the social-club slayings.
Prosecutors said Rizzuto came to New York at the behest of the Bonanno crime family to help kill Dominick “Big Trin” Trinchera, Philip “Philly Lucky” Giaccone and Alphonse “Sonny Red” Indelicato. They were suspected of plotting a coup.
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