Word: borsellino
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...perhaps the most telling statements come from the family of the victim. Since his brother's murder, Salvatore Borsellino has kept his own poignant vow of silence. But the Milan-based engineer has now spoken out in a July 17 video interview on the website of Corriere della Sera, a Milan-based daily. Displaying a striking resemblance to his martyred kin, Borsellino says he is convinced the Mafia did not act alone. "My brother knew about the negotiations between the Mafia and the state, and this is why he was killed," Borsellino says. "There were government authorities who worked...
...late 1980s and early 1990s were a tumultuous period in Italy. Bribery scandals eventually brought down much of the postwar political class. In Sicily, political corruption mixed with murder, as the Falcone and Borsellino assassinations were followed by Cosa Nostra's deadly bombings in Rome, Florence and Milan. Some Mafia experts believe the Mob's decision to take its battle to the mainland was a response to the breakdown in longstanding attempts by certain government authorities to negotiate a truce with mob leaders. Indeed, after Riina's years on the lam, his arrest, in broad daylight in central Palermo...
...newspaper reports, Riina has said little and maintains his vow of omertà by offering few hard facts. But the old boss clearly wants to influence the current probe and has met with investigators, to whom he reportedly promised to provide more detailed testimony on both the Falcone and Borsellino cases...
...reopening of the Borsellino case has prompted others to talk as well. Several top Italian government and law-enforcement officials involved in the early 1990s probes have given their version of events in interviews. Also speaking out was the son of the former mayor of Palermo, Vito Ciancimino, who was the local political link for the Corleonese clan. Massimo Ciancimino has reportedly revealed a portion of the contents of his late father's secret archives, which investigators hope can help solve a series of Mafia mysteries, including the state's alleged role in the Borsellino killing. (Read "Meet the Modern...
...Repubblica also reported that two former colleagues of the murdered magistrate recounted to investigators a meeting with Borsellino in Palermo shortly before his death during which he broke down in tears saying, "A friend has betrayed me, a friend has betrayed...