Meet Joseph W. "Chico" Amico, d/o/b 1-15-42. He was a member of the East Boston crew of Joe Barboza, the mafia hitman. When Barboza broke with LCN, the Mafia began exterminating his gang. On December 8, 1966, Chico left Alphonse's Broken Hearts Club in Eastie with another member of the gang. As they drove away, gunmen in another car opened fire, wounding the driver and killing Chico instantly.

This is Chico Amico in 1966, shortly before his murder. Different hair, different responsibilities – at this point, he’s working for Mob hitman Joe Barboza. By this time, Barboza was in jail, and was about to become the first member of the government’s Witness Protection Program. Two of the enforcers on his little crew had already been killed by the Mafia, and Amico and another Barboza guy named Kearns were moving around the city, trying to raise money.
In this excerpt from Barboza’s autobiography, he describes the final days of his pal’s life. (Frank "Salanni" is Salemme, and the "Marterannos" are the Martoranos).
 

The Murder of Chico Amico,
December 1966