Francesco Madonia
Francesco Ciccio Madonia (born March 31, 1924 in Palermo , † March 13, 2007 in Naples ) was an Italian mafioso .
Life
Madonia was the boss of the San Lorenzo-Pallavicino clan in the Palermo area and the Resuttana family. In 1978 he became a member of the Mafia Commission , the assembly of the most important leaders of the Sicilian Cosa Nostra , which he supported during the Second Great Mafia War from 1981 to 1983 . He was sentenced to life imprisonment during the Maxi Trial . Ciccio Madonia was involved in the murder of Piersanti Mattarella , Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa , Libero Grassi and the mafia hunters Paolo Borsellino and Giovanni Falcone , among others . Despite his imprisonment in 1987, Madonia continued to lead his clan; he died in 2007 in a prison hospital in Palermo. After his death, his children Antonino, Giuseppe and Salvatore continued to run the Madonia clan.
literature
- Letizia Paoli : Mafia Brotherhoods: Organized Crime, Italian Style. Oxford University Press, New York, 2003.
Individual evidence
- ↑ John Rossant: A Bullet For A Businessman. November 4, 1991. From Bloomberg.com. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
- ↑ Press report ( Memento of March 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Madonia, Francesco |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Madonia, Francesco Ciccio (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian mafioso |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 31, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Palermo |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 13, 2007 |
| Place of death | Naples |