Benedetto Santapaola
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Benedetto Santapaola, better known as Nitto, was an Italian Mafia boss from Catania, the main city and industrial centre on Sicily's east coast. Santapaola was considered one of the most powerful and
Santapaola before 1990
In order to kill Santapaola's rival Alfio Ferlito, on 16 June 1982, three carabinieri and a private driver who were escorting him from Enna to Trapani prison were killed as well.
Giuseppe Pippo Fava, editor of I Siciliani.
Corleonesi
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The Corleonesi was an alliance of Mafia families within the Sicilian Mafia, formed in the 1970s. Notable leaders included Luciano Leggio, Salvatore Riina, Bernardo Provenzano, and Leoluca Bagarella fr
Benedetto Santapaola
…businessmen. Meanwhile, he carefully built a private faction within the family that was loyal to him – and strengthened relations with Totò Riina and the Corleonesi. While Riina was a fugitive, he frequently spent time in and around Catania and often went hunting with Santapaola around the local mountains. Riina…
Luciano Leggio at a 1974 court appearance
Stefano Bontade after he was shot to death with an AK-47 by Giuseppe Greco (23 April 1981)