Leoluca Bagarella (born 1941) is an Italian criminal and member of the Sicilian Mafia. He is from the town of Corleone and was a member of the Corleonisi, the local Mafia Family. 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... for other uses please see Crime (disambiguation) A crime is an act that violates a political or moral law. ... Sicilian disambiguates here; see also Sicilian language or Sicilian Defence. ... The Mafia, also referred to in Italian as La Cosa Nostra (variously translated as This Thing Of Ours or Our Thing), is the name for a secret criminal organization which evolved in mid-19th century Sicily, and led to an offshoot on the East Coast of the United States, emerging... Corleone is a small town of approximately 12,000 inhabitants in the province of Palermo in Sicily, Italy. ...

Bagarella sided with Luciano Leggio in the late 1950s when Leggio wiped out the former Corleonisi boss Michele Navarra and his men. Bagarella became the brother-in-law of Salvatore Riina when, in 1974, Riina married Bagarella's sister, Ninette. That was the same year Leggio was imprisoned and Riina became the Corleonisi boss. The Brother-In-Law became Leoluca's nickname because of his relationship to Riina. Bagarella's own wife, Vincenza, was the neice of Fillipo Marchese, a notorious killer and high ranking member of the Corleonisi. Luciano Leggio at his murder trial in 1974 Luciano Leggio (some sources spell his surname Liggio) (1925 - January 16, 1993) was a powerful member of the Sicilian Mafia. ... // Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the height of the baby boom from returning... Dr. Michele Navarra (died August 2, 1958) was a powerful member of the Sicilan Mafia. ... Salvatore Riina Salvatore Riina, also known as Totò Riina (born November 16, 1930) is one of the most infamous members of the Sicilian Mafia. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ...

Bagarella is said to have been involved in around 300 murders [1], including that of his wife, who was killed in the late 1980s not long after her brother Guiseppe - another Corleonisi hitman - became an informant. Bagarella also killed a nephew of the informant Tommaso Buscetta, one of many of Buscetta's relatives to die since he betrayed the Mafia. An Informant is someone who provides information to law enforcement agencies. ... Tommaso Buscetta (in sunglasses) is lead into court at the Maxi Trial, circa 1986 Tommaso Buscetta (July 13, 1928 - April 4, 2000) was a Sicilian mafioso, and later repented. ...

Two of Bagarella's brothers were also Mafiosi; one was shot dead in 1969 during a shootout with rival mobsters whilst another was murdered in prison three-years later. 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ...

Following Riina's arrest in early 1993, Bagarella is believed to have taken over a section of the Corleonisi, rivalling Riina's primary successor, Bernardo Provenzano. However, just two-years later, on June 24, 1995, Bagarella was arrested, having been a fugitive for four-years. He was subsequently convicted of multiple murder and imprisoned for life. 1993 (MCMXCIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Bernardo Provenzano (born January 31, 1933) is a member of the Sicilian Mafia and is suspected of being the head of the Corleonisi, a Mafia Family from the village of Corleone, and as such, de facto capo di tutti capi (Boss of Bosses) of the entire Sicilian Mafia. ... June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 190 days remaining. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about someone fleeing from legal custody. ... Life imprisonment is a term used for a particular kind of sentence of imprisonment. ...

Tommaso Buscetta knew him in prison back in the 1970s and had the following to say about Bagarella: The 1970s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1970 and 1979. ...

"I prefer not to speak about him, I think he doesn’t belong to the human species...in prison everybody feared him. I remember we stayed three months together in the prison infirmary and the only words he told me were good morning and good evening"

Bagarella protested in 2002 at his treatment under a new law that placed heavy restrictions on jailed Mafia bosses to prevent them from running their criminal empires from behind bars. At a court appearance that June Bagarella made some thinly veiled threats to the Italian government, saying the Mafia is "tired of being manipulated by political forces." [2] Some intepreted this as a sign the Mafia was annoyed that its previously cosy relationship with politicians had broken down, as if the harsh restrictions on the Mafia bosses was betraying some sort of clandestine promise made to them by (unnamed) politicans. June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with a length of 30 days The month is named after the Roman goddess Juno (mythology), wife of Jupiter and equivalent to the Greek goddess Hera. ...

References and External Links

• The Antimafia (2000) Alison Jamieson, MacMillan Press Ltd ISBN 033380158

• Guardian report on Bagarella and other Mafia boss's recent prison protests

• Biography with photograph