The mafiot who killed Falcone Estel Iber
Giovanni Struta, one of the most famous paid assassins of Cosa Nostra, the Sicilian Mafia, who confessed that he committed over 150 assassinations and was the one who detonated the bomb that killed Judge Antimafia Giovanni Falcone and on his bodyguard, is currently a free man, after the execution of 25 years of prison and four years.
The abrupt was initially sentenced to life imprisonment, but the punishment was reduced because it cooperated with the judicial system, thanks to a law promoted by Falcon. Therefore, « after executing the four years of conditional release, he is now a free man, » confirmed judicial sources for EFE.
Now, at 68, one of the closest collaborators of the historical leader of Cosa Nostra, « Capo » Salvatore « Toto », will continue to live far from Sicily under a false identity and within the witness protection program, due to its collaboration with justice.
Nicknamed Scannacristiani (the Christian killer) and « ‘U’ Verru » (pig, in the Sicilian dialect – no), the abrupt was released from the rebeibbia prison on May 31, 2021, within an official protection program.
At the end of May, the four -year release imposed by the magistrates, the last duty to justice for the head of the Mafia family in San Giuseppe Jato, found guilty of 150 assassinations and decided to cooperate with justice as the one who tried to clarify the state relationship with Cosa Nostra.
Shortly after his arrest, on May 20, 1996, the abruptly confessed its decisive role in the Capita crimes, in which Falcone, his wife and three agents in his escort were killed on May 23, 1982, with 500 kilograms of explosive placed under a road on the island of Sicily (southern Italy).
In his statements in front of the judges, Smanca claimed that he was the one who pressed the detonator.
« This news hurts me, but this is the law, a law that my brother wanted and which, therefore, must be respected, » said Maria Falcone, the sister of the famous assassinated judge and a symbol of the fight against the Mafia, after finding out of the conditional release from the prison, in 2021.
Among other crimes of extreme cruelty confessed by the abrupt are the killing of the little Giuseppe di Matteo, the 13 -year -old son of the « repentant » Santino di Matteo, abducted on November 23, 1993 and strangled on January 11, 1996, after which his body was dissolved in acid.
