With the money from the murder, the killer bought himself a motorbike, an enduro which was very popular at the time.
Thus Ciro Giovanni Spirito, one of the hitmen of Salvatore Lausi, affiliated with the Mazzarella clan found guilty of having made 100 million lire that had been entrusted to him disappear, he spent the money that was given to him to commit that murder, together with Vincenzo De Bernardo and Salvatore Barile.
Lausi, was killed in an ambush in Health District of Naples on October 6, 2002 and Spirito became a collaborator of justice before commit suicide in prison on December 23, 2009. The hitman also let the investigators know that he was commissioned to carry out the murder “they were Gennaro Mazzarella, brother of Vincenzo, and Michele Mazzarella, son of Vincenzo”.
In exchange, “I was given some money as a gift and used it to buy a Honda Transalp motorcycle.” “In planning the murder – Spirit had explained – we were wondering whether Totore (Salvatore Lausi, the victim) had to give us about 100 thousand euros, again drug proceeds. But we overcame our doubts, believing that we would, in any case, be able to recover the sum of money somehow”.
“I received 10 thousand euros a month, which became 2.500 during the period in which I was detained. The emoluments were decided by Vincenzo Mazzarella and subsequently by Paul Octavian, who sent them through one of his men", Spirito had also told the magistrates of the DDA before committing suicide.
The highly paid Mazzarella clan killer
Also explaining his life as a highly paid killer at the service of the Camorra. “I started as a simple driver or motorcycle driver and soon began to commit murders in the interests of the clan and thus form the organization's fire team: then my salary increased significantly. Over the years I have become one of the most trusted men of the clan leader Vincenzo Mazzarella, with whom I was captured in 1999 in France”.
Spirit, together with the boss Vincenzo Mazzarella, aged 53, was arrested in 1999 in Nice by the Naples Flying Squad in collaboration with French police officers. The two were surprised in a luxurious residence in the Syracuse hotel in Villeneve Luobet. Mazzarella and Spirito ended up in handcuffs on charges of Camorra-style criminal association.
Spirito, in particular, was also accused ofmurder of Egidio Cutarelli, which occurred on February 16, 1998, in front of the Poggioreale prison in Naples. The crime occurred in the context of the clash between members of the Mazzarella clan and those of the “Secondigliano Alliance”. The father of also died in the shooting Vincenzo Mazzarella, Francis.
The ambush had been organized by the killers of the “Secondigliano Alliance” against Vincenzo Mazzarella who was supposed to be released from prison that day. In 2007 the Spirito's nephew, Joshua, was killed, perhaps in a "cross-vengeance".
In short
With the money from the murder the killer bought himself a motorbike, an enduro which was very popular at the time.
- Thus Ciro Giovanni Spirito, one of Salvatore Lausi's hitmen, affiliated with the Mazzarella clan and found guilty of having made…
- Lausi was killed in an ambush in the Sanità district of Naples on October 6, 2002, and Spirito became a collaborator…
- The hitman also informed investigators that the people who commissioned the murder were "Gennaro Mazzarella, Vincenzo's brother, and Michele Mazzarella,…
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Thus Ciro Giovanni Spirito, one of Salvatore Lausi's hitmen, affiliated with the Mazzarella clan and found guilty of having made…
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Lausi was killed in an ambush in the Sanità district of Naples on October 6, 2002, and Spirito became a collaborator of justice before…
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