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Encyclopedia > Mario Prestifilippo

Mario Prestifilippo (died September 29, 1987) was a member of the Sicilian Mafia. September 29 is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sicily (Sicilia in Italian and Sicilian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,708 km² (9,926 sq. ... The Mafia (also referred to as Cosa Nostra or the Mob), is a criminal secret society which first developed in the mid-19th century in Sicily. ...


He was briefly the boss of the Ciaculli Mafia Family after Giuseppe Greco was murdered in 1985. He played a significant role in the Mafia War of the early 1980s orchestrated by Salvatore Riina. He was supposedly under the orders of Michele Greco but Greco was himself regarded as little more than a puppet of Riina. Ciaculli is an outlying suburb of Palermo, Sicily in Italy. ... This article is about the Mafia hitman; for the Genoa_C.F.C. footballer see Giuseppe Greco (footballer) Giuseppe Pino Greco Giuseppe Pino Greco (1950 - September 1985) was a hitman and member of the Sicilian Mafia. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article cites very few or no references or sources. ... Salvatore Riina Salvatore Riina, also known as Totò Riina (born November 16, 1930) is one of the most infamous members of the Sicilian Mafia. ... Michele Greco (born May 12, 1924) is a member of the Sicilian Mafia, currently incarcerated for multiple murder. ...


Prestifilippo was shot to death as he sped through the streets of Bagheria on September 29, 1987 on a motorbike. At the time of his death he was a fugitive, suspected of dozens of murders, and was being tried in absentia at the Maxi Trial. Bagheria is a town of approximately 40,000 inhabitants in the neighbourhood of Palermo in Sicily, Italy. ... September 29 is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A motorcycle (or motorbike) is a two-wheeled vehicle powered by an engine. ... Look up fugitive in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For in absentia medical care, see Health care delivery. ... Giovanni Falcone, one of the architects of the Maxi Trial. ...


References

  • Excellent Cadavers. The Mafia and the Death of the First Italian Republic (1995) Alexander Stille, Vintage ISBN 0-09-959491-9

 

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