Carmelo Dante

Carmelo Dante is a minor antagonist in the USA Network series ''Burn Notice. ''He is major drug lord in Miami, Florida with an apparently ruthless reputation who starts off as the city's second biggest heroin dealer and then the biggest heroin dealer.

He is portrayed by Todd Stashwick.

Role
Carmelo Dante was a unwilling asset to Michael when he needed to take down Cowan's bosses after they shot him (Cowan) and threated Michael's family. It was a small role thought to end with him warning Michael that if he sees him again, he will kill Michael. Carmelo appeared again in season 5 "Enemy of My Enemy" in a larger role; still Michael's unwilling asset, he is used to take down a Serbian gang (who is in possession of a Predator Drone) by pitting them against each other and placing Sam into Carmelo's hands as a plant to lead him into starting the war. They succeed in making them fight by having Sam tell Mike and Jesse what is in a captured Serbian's apartment (drugs, a scale and lots of blueberry yogurt). After leading Carmelo to Boxkey Marina they charge into a gun fight, that is ended quickly with Fiona blowing up a gas tank. Mike infiltrates the marina to pull Sam out and Carmelo discovers that there were no drugs and that Michael Westen was behind all this. Angry, he reluctantly lets them both go when cops are heard coming and swears that he will kill Michael next time again. Carmelo was given immunity because of the deal he made with Michael to let Sam go. Mike and Agent Pierce explained to two of Sam's most annoying "not friends" that as long as Carmelo is free he wouldn't talk about how he unwittingly helped the CIA and cops.