Made Into a Rat ; From Mob Boss to Federal Informant, How 'Little Al' D'arco Changed Sides

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NEW YORK - The killers put the dead canary in the freezer. Later, their work done, they put the bird in the mouth of the equally deceased Bruno Facciola.

The August 1990 mob hit followed a tip from two corrupt NYPD detectives that the Luchese family capo had turned informant. Mr. Facciola was stabbed, shot through both eyes and shot again in the head. Then came the bird. Message: Speak no evil.

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Made Into a Rat ; From Mob Boss to Federal Informant, How 'Little Al' D'arco Changed Sides

The slaying was orchestrated by a diminutive thug named Alphonse D'Arco, known to fellow Mafiosi as "Little Al."

"I was a man when I was born," Mr. D'Arco once bragged. He committed every crime except pimping and pornography...

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