«I had the gift, and I still consider it such today, to meet Lorenza Alagna in my career as a teacher. I didn't know she was Matteo Messina Denaro's daughter precisely because she doesn't bear her father's surname but that of her mother, Franca Alagna. I have never made false statements about her, indeed I remember her as a studious girl, attentive in class, well educated, strong and determined ».
Fabiana "Bia" Cusumano, a former high school teacher of Italian and Latin of Matteo Messina Denaro's daughter, tells it: the 27-year-old, the only daughter recognized by the boss , would never have seen him since birth and after his arrest she decided not to go to the interviews in prison . The girl lives in Castelvetrano and a year and a half ago, on July 14, 2021, she gave birth to a baby boy. «Why doesn't Lorenza want to see me? Why is she angry with me?» asks the fugitive in some sheets seized in his hideout in Campobello di Mazara.
«I have reiterated several times - explains the teacher - what she herself once told me: 'for you he could be a mass murderer, a criminal, a super boss, for me he remains my father' . I read in these words all the pain of a young girl torn between the awareness of being the daughter of a boss and the inevitable and essential love for a parent, whoever they may be, even a mafioso. I have never discredited Lorenza, as I have never done it with any of my pupils. In class she was loved, respected, valued like all my other students.
«On this matter I am well aware that forces greater than Lorenza are moving and agitating. If this were not the case, the thirty years on the run would not be explained. If everyone had done their duty, there would not have been all these murdered people who weigh on our consciences today. I've been teaching for 15 years and in class I've always talked about the mafia and legality, the courage to tell the truth, not to look elsewhere," he concluded.
(Unioneonline/D)