Benedetto Spera

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Benedetto Spera was the right-hand-man to Sicilian Mafia boss Bernardo Provenzano and one of the most feared and respected men in the Sicilian Mafia until his arrest in January of 2001. He was the boss for the Belmonte Mezzagno mandamento. Spera was convicted in absentia for the killing of two prominent anti-mafia judges: Paolo Borsellino and Giovanni Falcone by car bomb. Police apprehended him at a farmhouse outside of Palermo, Sicily where he was to meet Provenzano and Spera's personal physician. Spera and his physician were taken into custody, however, Provenzano was no where to be found.

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