Fugitive Mafia Boss Betrayed by Easter Lunch

Easter lunch with his family was fatal for Giuseppe Calvaruso, considered the head of the Palermo mafia district of Pagliarelli.

He had moved to Brazil some time ago and had returned to the city for the holidays and then left for America. police of the provincial command, during Operation Brevis, stopped him while he was with his family to celebrate Easter. Giovanni Caruso, 50 years old, Silvestre Maniscalco, 41 years old, Francesco Paolo Bagnasco, 44 ​​years old, Giovanni Spano', 59 years old, were arrested with him, accused to varying degrees of mafia association, extortion, personal injury, kidnapping, fictitious registration of assets, all crimes aggravated by the mafia method and methods. The order was issued by prosecutors Federica La Chioma and Dario Scaletta, coordinated by the deputy prosecutor Salvatore De Luca of the Palermo District Anti-Mafia Directorate.

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According to the Carabinieri, Calvaruso would have become the regent of the Pagliarelli mafia “mandamento” after the arrest of the boss Settimo Mineo, who ended up in prison two years ago. Calvaruso had moved to Brazil some time ago, delegating the management of the affairs of the “families” subordinate to him to his most loyal followers. His direct contact during his stay in Brazil would have been Giovanni Caruso. Before leaving Italy, the mafia boss would have maintained, through meetings and gatherings even in private places, a constant connection with the leaders of the mafia mandates of Porta Nuova, Noce, Villabate, Belmonte Mezzagno for the negotiation of business. In the role of boss, he would have resolved disputes between the “affiliates”, ensured “public order” in the territory, for example by taking part in a violent beating of the perpetrators of some robberies not authorized by Cosa Nostra. As emerged in an intercepted conversation with Caruso, Calvaruso would have ensured the maintenance in prison of the prisoners belonging to the mafia families of the district and managed, thanks to front men, the control of economic activities inside and outside the territory of his jurisdiction.