Naples, behind the Caiafa murder a failed ambush on a Camorra boss from the Spanish Quarters.
This is the motive that would have armed the hand of the killer who the other evening killed Ciro Caiafa, 40 years old, father of Luigi, the 17-year-old who died after an attempted robbery in via Duomo in Naples, shot by a police officer. and behind the ambush there would be disagreements on the management of drug trafficking. The hitman, getting off a scooter in motion, stretched out his arm in the ground floor window of the basement and fired. Caiafa, related to the Elia clan of Pallonetto di Santa Lucia, would have died because he was implicated in an attempted murder of a leader of the Saltalamacchia of the Spanish Quarters, who would have now taken revenge by killing him.
The man, considered a high-profile figure from Terracciano, whose area of influence is the Spanish Quarters, was also arrested four years ago at the home of a woman with no criminal record, along with his 19-year-old cousin who, while on the run, helped him keep his relationships with the clans in the historic center of Naples alive. He was then subjected to surveillance measures. A few steps from the home where he was killed, a mural and a small altar dedicated to his son.
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When Ciro Caiafa was killed, he was having a cross tattooed on his left arm with the name of his son Luigi, who was shot to death in recent months by a police officer from the Falchi section of the Naples Mobile Squad while he was carrying out a robbery. According to investigators, the killer followed the tattoo artist, a relative of the victim but with no criminal record, and waited for the right moment to take action. Gennaro Di Martino, 28, was also hit by one of the bullets fired by the hitman, but after receiving medical treatment he was discharged and returned home. However, before then he was also reported for failure to comply with anti-covid regulations for having left the house during curfew hours.
Article published on 3 January 2021 - 08:17