Lupara Rossa
Lupara Rossa is the Italian name for the open murder of opponents, it is the opposite of Lupara Bianca .
etymology
The Lupara is the name for a Sicilian hunting rifle. It is a sawed-off shotgun that was originally used to hunt wolves, but was also used to murder opponents. The word "rossa" means "red" translated into German and indicates traces of blood.
Spectacular examples
- Angelo Genna : A special variant of a "Lupara Rossa" is the so-called drive-by shoot , in which shots are fired at the victim from a moving car. One of the earliest and most spectacular incidents occurred on May 25, 1925, when Angelo Genna was the target of such an assassination attempt. Angelo, also traveling in a car, returned fire on the assassins and only the collision with a street lamp was his undoing, as he was helpless there from the further hail of bullets.
- Francesco Scalice : The murder of the head of the Gambino family on June 17, 1957 in front of a fruit stand at 2380 Arthur Avenue in New York City was the model for a scene in the 1972 American film The Godfather in which Don Vito is gunned down.
- Carmine Galante : On July 12, 1979, the then head of the Bonanno family, Carmine "The Cigar" Galante, was shot together with his bodyguard Leonard Coppola and his cousin Giuseppe Turano in the Brooklyn restaurant "Joe and Mary" while he was having lunch . The perpetrators shot Galante in the head and chest from close range. He died with a cigar in the corner of his mouth.
- Paul Castellano : On December 16, 1985, Castellano and his new underboss Thomas Bilotti were shot by four men in front of the Sparks Steak House in Manhattan, where he presumably wanted to meet John Gotti for a discussion.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Death of Angelo Genna (English)