MONTREAL – A spokesperson for the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons said that Vito Rizzuto, 66, the reputed head of the Mafia in Montreal before he was extradited in 2006, was released from a federal penitentiary in Colorado sometime Friday morning.
The long-time Montreal resident was scheduled to be released on Saturday but he benefited from legislation covering inmates in the U.S. which allows them to be released on a Friday if their released date falls on a weekend.
The spokesperson was unable to provide further details on the release.
Rizzuto was serving a 10-year prison term he received in May 2007 after pleading guilty to a racketeering charge involving the 1981 murders of three Mafia captains in New York.
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http://www.montrealgazette.com/Reputed+M...l#ixzz28R6dwmLMAlso being released soon is Rizzuto family friend, Pierino Divito and Domenico Manno, Vito's father's brother-in-law.
