Messina Denaro's notes: "I hug you all"... and he scolds his daughter

Here is one of the notes sent by the then fugitive boss Matteo Messina Denaro He wrote to his family, primarily his sister Rosalia Messina Denaro, who was arrested today on charges of mafia association. The "letter" was sent on March 15, 2022, and is titled "A hug to everyone." It is one of those attached to the order ordered by the investigating judge: "A hug to everyone. A short while ago, while reading the newspaper, I saw an obituary that I'm attaching. I'll explain my thoughts. First, I'll give you a preface, otherwise you won't understand.

This Leonardo was a friend of our father's, I knew him too. He died a few years ago. The person signing this, I don't know him, but it's his granddaughter. Even though I don't know these new generations, I've always kept myself informed about the relatives of those in the same situation as us, to find out what happened to them. Oh, this girl grew up without a father; her father was arrested when she was very young and he's still alive, since he's serving a life sentence. This girl, from what I've done, is only a little older than Loreriza; so they're the same generation, and they definitely know each other because they went to the same high school at the same time."

"What I know about this girl: she grew up with her mother, they must have had misunderstandings," writes Mattep Messina Denaro, "obviously, but she studied, went to high school, then graduated in architecture, I think, and today she works using her degree. She was always engaged to the same guy, a couple of years ago she got married to the same guy, and last summer she had a little girl. I told you her story because she wrote the obituary, but I could tell you the story of many others with an absent father and of the same generation, because I know about all those who miss their father.

Well, no one ended up like Lorenza, they're all sorted, what do I mean? It's the environment you grow up in that shapes you, and she grew up very badly. But the thing that struck me the most was Martina's final sentence. This sentence struck me, and it's because of this sentence that I'm writing to you. She says: "Honored to belong to you, Grandpa. Do you understand? It means that the lack of a father isn't in itself a cause of educational degeneration, it's only Lorenza who has degenerated to the lowest level, the others I know of have all grown up honestly. The granddaughter says to her grandfather, "Honored to belong to you," and what did she do to her father, that is, to me? But that's okay, I have nothing left to complain about. To date there are two Van Goghs, the other was on November 29, 2021. I'm enclosing for Fragolone, please let her have it."