On a late summer afternoon in Brooklyn, the life of 30-year-old Carmine Varriale was brought to a violent end. On September 3, 1987, Varriale, a male member of the Lucchese crime family, was gunned down in the Bath Beach neighborhood. The brazen attack also claimed the life of 51-year-old Frank Santora, an associate of the Bonanno crime family, who was walking with Varriale at the time.
The shooting was rooted in the violent internal politics of organized crime. Varriale was reportedly se
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