New blow to the Porta Nuova district in Palermo , the historic Cosa Nostra clan.
The carabinieri followed up on the Vento operation which ten days ago had led to the arrest of 18 presumed members of the mafia family . During the night, the military carried out an order signed by the investigating judge of Palermo against 12 other alleged affiliates.
The investigations were coordinated by the DDA and averted new violence and tensions such as the attempt to punish those responsible for the murder of Emanuele Burgio , which took place in Palermo on May 31, 2021 in the popular district of Vucciria.
The 12 arrested, four in prison and eight under house arrest, are accused in various ways of mafia-type association, association aimed at drug trafficking, drug cultivation and trafficking, private violence and personal injury aggravated by the mafia method and purpose.
The Vento 2 operation is the continuation of the one made on 6 July with the execution of 18 detentions by the DDA a few days after the murder of Giuseppe Incontrera , which took place on 30 June last in Palermo, considered one of the leaders of the district that held the family treasury. Salvatore Fernandez is investigated and confessed for that crime, who was constituted after he was already hunted down by the carabinieri.
The investigation revealed that there were clear signs of a possible escalation; for this reason it was decided to anticipate the blitz. Blocked the release of Filippo Burgio, detained for another cause, who had to return to freedom just today. According to the investigators, he would have expressed his desire to punish those responsible for the killing of his son Emanuele . Also for this murder there are already three suspects.
(Unioneonline / D)