Camorra, Emmanuele Marigliano 'o nano's clan wiped out

A bug placed by investigators among members of the Mazzarella clan has revealed the resentment that led to an escalation of violence. The wiretap, in which one can hear someone saying: “So these people don’t give a damn about us?”, has turned the spotlight on a key episode: the wounding of Raffaele Frenna from the Spanish Quarters, which occurred on November 5, 2023 in Piazza Mercato.

Since then, thanks to the investigations conducted by the Flying Squad of the Naples Police Headquarters, coordinated by the District Anti-Mafia Directorate, it has been possible to trace the alleged perpetrator of the attempted murder: Emmanuele Marigliano, 26 years old, leader of a group of the Case Nuove autonomous from the Continis and in conflict with the loyalists of the fugitive Nicola Rullo. The episode is reported by the newspaper Il Roma on newsstands.

Emanuele Marigliano, nicknamed “'o nano”, has been in prison since yesterday morning: a sort of liberation for the neighborhood forced to suffer in the last year the harassment of his criminal group that had become autonomous from the Continis to whom his family was historically federated and also coming into conflict with the group of the boss Nicola Rullo 'o nfamone, still wanted.

 Antonio Argentino and Luigi Avella missing

The investigations led the police to identify the group's operational base in via Capasso, where a hidden camera filmed various movements of weapons. Among those arrested are, in addition to Emmanuele Marigliano, his brother Giuseppe (38 years old), Antonio Sorrentino (28), Luigi Avella (27), Angelo Esposito (25), Renato Siotto (23), Ovalle Jessni Ortega (25), Luigi Mascolino (71) and Antonio Argentino (31). Two of them, Avella and Argentino, are currently untraceable.

The operation led to the arrest of nine people accused, to varying degrees, of attempted murder, possession of firearms, participation in intimidating “stes” and drug dealing. Among the contested episodes, there was also the attack on two Argentine tourists at the restaurant “Pasta is falling".

The spark: a fight in a nightclub

It all started with a brawl in a disco in Posillipo, involving about ten people: five from the Spanish Quarters and five from the Case Nuove. During the fight, a glass bottle injured Vincenzo Di Caprio, a close friend of Marigliano. Although Raffaele Frenna was not directly involved, revenge fell upon him a few hours later, turning him into the target of a gunshot ambush.

Tensions between the two groups had already been evident for some time. In addition to the ambush in Frenna, other episodes have been reconstructed: two intimidating "stese" in the Spanish Quarters and a raid that took place on May 16, 2022 at the restaurant Pasta is falling. In this latest episode, some tables occupied by tourists were hit by a scooter driven by Marigliano, together with his accomplice Gennaro Vitone.