Vincenzo Puccio (Palermo, November 27, 1945 – Palermo, May 11, 1989) was a member of the Sicilian Mafia. November 27 is the 331st day (332nd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1945 (MCMVL) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... May 11 is the 131st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (132nd in leap years). ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sicily (Sicilia in Italian and Sicilian, Σικελία in Greek) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,700 km² and 5 million inhabitants. ... The Mafia is a secret society which first developed in the mid-19th century in Sicily. ...

He was from Palermo and joined the Ciaculli Mafia Family sometime in the late 1970s, although like many other members of that particular Family he operated a great deal under the orders of the Corleonisi, who hailed from Corleone. 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. ... Ciaculli is an outlying suburb of Palermo, Sicily in Italy. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... Corleone is a small town of approximately 12,000 inhabitants in the province of Palermo in Sicily, Italy. ...

He was arrested with two other men, Giuseppe Madonia and Armando Bonanno, on May 4, 1980 for the murder of police captain Emanuele Basile, who had been shot earlier that day. Puccio and his accomplices were tried twice; the first trial was annulled and they were acquitted at the second. As part of Sicilian law, the judge, despite the acquittal, ordered the three men to be sent into a form of exile to Sardinia, but they swiftly made their way back to Sicily. 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. ... EXILE is a 6-member Japanese pop music band. ... Sardinia (Sardegna in Italian, Sardigna or Sardinna in the Sardinian language), is the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (Sicily is the largest), between Italy, Spain and Tunisia, south of Corsica. ...

Puccio was involved as well in the killing of Carabinieri Colonel Giuseppe Russo on August 20, 1977, and Piersanti Mattarella – the president of the autonomous Sicilian Region – on January 6, 1980. 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. ... August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Piersanti Mattarella (May 24, 1935 - January 6, 1980) was an Italian politician. ... Sicily (Sicilia in Italian and Sicilian, Σικελία in Greek) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,700 km² and 5 million inhabitants. ... January 6 is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...

In 1985 he and Giuseppe Lucchese murdered their boss, Pino Greco, on the orders of Salvatore Riina. 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pino Greco (died late 1985) was a hitman and 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. ...

Late in 1986, Puccio was captured and held on suspicion of multiple murder. On May 11, 1989, he was beaten to death in his cell at the Ucciardone Prison in Palermo by fellow inmates Antonino and Giuseppe Marchese, two other Mafiosi who had been acting on Riina's orders. In 1990 an informant, Francesco Marino Mannoia, subsequently claimed that Puccio had become the boss of the Ciaculli Family after the murder of his predecessor, Mario Prestifilippo, in 1987. Puccio had been planning on taking on the Corleonisi and overthrowing Riina and Bernardo Provenzano as the most powerful mobsters in the Sicilian Mafia. Riina had found out about this conspiracy after Corleonisi mobster Leoluca Bagarella had been let in on the plan but, for whatever reason, had treacherously revealed all to his boss. 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... May 11 is the 131st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (132nd in leap years). ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... Francesco Mannoia (centre, foreground) in custody, circa 1986 Francesco Marino Mannoia (born 1951) was a member of the Sicilian Mafia who became a pentito. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bernardo Provenzano in 1959, aged 26. ... Leoluca Bagarella (born 1941) is an Italian criminal and member of the Sicilian Mafia. ...

Antonino and Giuseppe Marchese - both nephews of another Mafia boss, Filippo Marchese - claimed they had killed Vincenzo Puccio in self defence after a fight, but their claim was ruined by Riina who deliberately had Vincenzo Puccio's brother, Pietro, killed that same day outside of prison. This meant the Marchese brothers had no chance of convincing a jury they had acted in self defence during a spontaneous fight when their victim's brother had been very deliberately shot dead that same day. They were both sentenced to life imprisonment for Puccio's murder. Filippo Marchese Filippo Marchese (died 1982) was a hitman and leading figure in the Sicilian Mafia suspected of dozens of homicides. ... Self-defense usually refers to the use of violence to protect oneself and is a possible justification for this otherwise illegal act. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Life ; many countries have a maximum possible period of time a prisoner may be incarcerated, or require the possibility of parole after a set amount of time. ...

Puccio's successor as head of the Ciaculli Mafia Family was Giuseppe Lucchese.

Giuseppe Marchese subsequently cooperated with the government and became a pentiti. He confirmed the details Francesco Marino Mannoia had given previously of the events leading to Puccio's killing on Riina's orders. Pentiti (Italian, literally meaning those who have repented) are former members of the Italian Mafia or similar criminal or terrorist organisations who have abandoned their criminal/terrorist organisation and helped police to discover as much as possible about the respective organisation, criminals, and in general anything related to their former...

One of Vincenzo Puccio's other brothers, Antonino Puccio, was killed on July 5, 1989, presumably to prevent him from seeking revenge for the deaths of Vincenzo and Pietro. July 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 179 days remaining. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

References and External Links

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

Culture of Lawlessness; The Role of the Mass Media (.pdf file) - page 17 Allexander Stillé is an American author and journalist. ...

Sicilian Mafia timeline, 1980s (computer translated from Italian)