Giuseppe Ayala

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Giuseppe Ayala

Giuseppe Ayala (born May 18, 1945 in Caltanissetta) is an Italian politician and magistrate.

A member of the Democratic Alliance and Italian Republican Party in the 1990s before he joined the Democrats of the Left in 1998. He was known as an "anti-Mafia" magistrate,^[1] and had functioned as an "anti-Mafia" judge. He raised doubts about whether it was only the mafia that was involved in the killing of Giovanni Falcone.^[2]

In 1993 he published a book entitled La guerra dei giusti: I giudici, la mafia, la politica (The war of the righteous: The judges, the mafia, politics), detailing his experiences in politics and his encounters with the mafia.^[3]

References

↑ L.A. Times, "Loophole Sets Mafiosi Free in Italy", February 22 1991. Retrieved December 2 2010.
↑ Baltimore Sun, "Breakthrough in slaying of judge is mixed triumph Battle with Mafia raises questions", November 14 1993. Retrieved December 2 2010.
↑ La guerra dei giusti : i giudici, la mafia, la politica on Worldcat.org

External links

Official homepage of Giuseppe Ayala (in Italian)

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Name	Ayala, Giuseppe
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Short description	Italian politician, magistrate
Date of birth	May 18, 1945
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