Crotone – They passed 32 years old: it was the afternoon of Saturday 23 May 1992 when 500 kilos of TNT hidden under the asphalt of the A29 motorway that connects Palermo to Mazara del Vallo they killed the anti-mafia judge Giovanni Falcone. It was 5.58pm, the explosion was terrible: a roar. Falcone’s wife also died in the explosion. Francesca Morvillo, and the three men of the escort: Vito Schifani, Rocco Dicillo and Antonio Montinaro.
The explosive was hidden in a tunnel, and – according to what was ascertained by the judiciary – it was he who pressed the remote control Giovanni Brusca. Falcone’s ‘end’ had been decreed by the mafia after a series of meetings of the ‘dome’ of Cosa Nostramafia organization led by the boss Totò Riina.
The memory in Crotone
This afternoon at 5pm the city of Crotone, on the initiative of Libera and Italia Nostra, pays homage at the monument erected in the “Falcone e Borsellino” garden in memory of the victims of the mafia massacre. This is an appointment that the municipal administration supports.
The administration intends to support the organization of the initiative this year too, which will take place on May 23rd at 5.00 pm in the Falcone e Borsellino garden. One involves the participation of the highest city authorities, representatives of associations, schools and citizens, the presence of the City Banner and the placing of a laurel wreath at the Garden memorial “Falcone and Borsellino”.
