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Encyclopedia > Emanuele Basile

Emanuele Basile (died May 4, 1980) was a captain of Carabinieri and a collaborator of Paolo Borsellino on anti-Mafia investigations. He was killed by Cosa Nostra in Monreale, Palermo, shot repeatedly in the back whilst he carried his four-year-old daughter, who was unhurt in the shooting. He was working with Borsellino on traffic of heroin and killings related to Mafia in Corleone at the time of his death. The investigation on his murder was headed by Borsellino. May 4 is the 124th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (125th in leap years). ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Carabinieris Coat of arms The Carabinieri is the shortened (and common) name for the Arma dei Carabinieri, an Italian military corps of the gendarmerie type with police functions, which also serves as the Italian military police. ... Paolo Borsellino (January 19, 1940 Palermo - July 19, 1992 Palermo) was an Italian anti-mafia judge. ... Charles Lucky Luciano, one of the most famous American bosses (La) Cosa Nostra (our thing or this thing of ours in Italian) is a worldwide alliance of criminals, linked through both familial and conspiratorial ties, that is dedicated to pursuing crime and protecting its members. ... The apse of the cathedral of Monreale Monreale is a small city in the province of Palermo, in Sicily, Italy. ... Palermo (Palermo in Italian, Palermu, Palemmu, Paliermu or Paliemmu in Sicilian) is the principal city and administrative seat of the autonomous region of Sicily, Italy as well as the capital of the Province of Palermo. ... Heroin, also known as diamorphine (BAN) or diacetylmorphine (INN), is a semi-synthetic opioid. ... Corleone is a small town of approximately 12,000 inhabitants in the province of Palermo in Sicily, Italy. ...


Vincenzo Puccio was subsequently convicted of his murder. Vincenzo Puccio (Palermo, November 27, 1945 – Palermo, May 11, 1989) was a member of the Sicilian Mafia. ...


Sources

  • http://digilander.libero.it/inmemoria/borsellino_biografia.htm
  • http://digilander.libero.it/inmemoria/delitti_della_mafia.htm
  • http://www.testimonideltempo.it/contenuti/paoloborsellino.asp
  • http://www.frosinone.org/oltreloccidente/testi_oo/f302_stille.htm


 

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