Thousands of students from all over Italy converged on Palermo to commemorate the death, by murder, of anti Mafia Judge Giovanni Falcone who gave his life in the fight against the Mafia. He was killed in Capaci on the road from the airport, with his wife and police escort, by a bomb planted on Read More
Sicily
Tomorrow is the 24th anniversary of the murder of Giovanni Falcone
May 22, 2016
Giovanni Falcone gave his life fighting the Mafia.
Rest in Peace.
May 23, 23 years ago, Falcone murdered by the mob and Italian state
May 24, 2015
Falcone and Borsellino
Giovanni Falcone and his escort , Francesca Morvillo, Vito Schifani, Rocco Dicillo and Antonio Montinaro, were blown up by the mafia by 500 kilos of explosives on the highway between the Palermo airport and town. I had just returned to the states from Palermo and had been on that road after reporting on that spring's Favignana Read More