Gerlandino Messina
Gerlandino Messina (born on July 22, 1972) is a member of the Mafia in Sicily from Porto Empedocle. He has been on the most wanted list of the Italian ministry of the Interior since 1999.[1]
He is the son of Giuseppe Messina, the Mafia boss of Porto Empedocle, who on July 8, 1986, was killed by the Grassonelli clan,[2] which adhered to the Stidda – a criminal organisation rivaling Cosa Nostra. In revenge, six members of the Grassonelli clan were killed on September 21, 1986, in the so-called Porto Empedocle massacre.
He is considered to be one of the bosses of Cosa Nostra in the province of Agrigento, jointly with Giuseppe Falsone.[3][4]
On October 23, 2010, he was captured by a special unit of the Carabinieri while he was in his house in Favara, near Agrigento.[5] He was wanted for Mafia association and several murders,[1] such as the killing of police officer Giuliano Guazzelli in April 1992.[6]
In 2012, he was sentenced to 9 years and 6 months of imprisonment for illegal possession of firearms.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 (Italian) Most wanted list of the Italian ministry of the Interior
- ↑ (Italian) Altro arresto nell’ ambito dell’operazione antimafia Marna, Teleacras, October 30, 2007
- ↑ (Italian) I latitanti Falsone e Messina al vertice di cosa nostra agrigentina, Televideo Agrigento, November 10, 2007
- ↑ (Italian) Relazione del Ministro dell’Interno al Parlamento sull’attività svolta e sui risultati conseguiti dalla Direzione Investigativa Antimafia 1° semestre 2007
- ↑ (Italian) Mafia, catturato il boss di Agrigento; In manette Gerlandino Messina, Corriere della Sera, October 23, 2010
- ↑ (Italian) Mafia, preso Gerlandino Messina, La Repubblica, October 23, 2010
External links
- (Italian) Di Gati accusa Messina, Teleacras Agrigento, November 2, 2007
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