Francesco Di Carlo
Francesco Di Carlo (18 February 1941 – 16 April 2020) was a member of the Sicilian Mafia who turned state witness (pentito — a mafioso turned informer) in 1996. He was accused of being the killer of Roberto Calvi, nicknamed "God's banker", because he was in charge of Banco Ambrosiano and his close association with the Vatican Bank.
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[edit]- Ci avevano assicurato che nessuno di noi sarebbe più andato al soggiorno obbligato né avrebbe più subito provvedimenti tipo la sorveglianza speciale, il nuovo governo avrebbe dato un colpo di spugna al passato... ma non tutta Cosa Nostra vedeva di buon occhio il piano dei fascisti.
- (About the Golpe Borghese) We had been assured that none of us would ever again be sent to a detention centre or subjected to measures such as special surveillance; the new government was going to wipe the slate clean... but not everyone in the Mafia was keen on the fascists' plan.
- Quoted in Attilio Bolzoni and Francesco Viviano, "De Mauro venne ucciso perché sapeva del golpe", Repubblica.it, 26 January 2001.
- (About the Golpe Borghese) We had been assured that none of us would ever again be sent to a detention centre or subjected to measures such as special surveillance; the new government was going to wipe the slate clean... but not everyone in the Mafia was keen on the fascists' plan.
- [Sull'omicidio del giornalista Mauro De Mauro] Fu ucciso perché aveva scoperto che Borghese e la mafia si erano alleati per il golpe... il giornalista si fece scappare qualcosa con uno dei tanti boss che allora frequentavano il Circolo della Stampa che era dentro il teatro Massimo. [...] Si è sempre detto che fu rapito. Non fu rapito invece né prelevato con la forza. Non ce ne fu bisogno. De Mauro conosceva bene uno di quei tre uomini, era Emanuele D'Agostino, mafioso di Santa Maria del Gesù. Gli altri due erano Bernardo Provenzano e Stefano Giaconia. [...] Quando Emanuele D'Agostino seppe al Circolo della Stampa che De Mauro era a conoscenza del golpe, raccontò tutto a Stefano Bontate che era il suo capo. Stefano avvertì gli altri boss della Commissione, tra cui Giuseppe Di Cristina di Riesi e Pippo Calderone di Catania. Tutti volarono subito a Roma insieme a uno che chiamavano "l'avvocato", non esercitava la professione ma era laureato... Andarono a Roma per parlare con il principe Borghese, con un certo Miceli [il generale Vito Miceli, capo del Sid, il Servizio informazioni difesa?] che forse era un militare e forse con un certo Maletti [il generale Gianadelio Maletti, capo dell'ufficio "D" del Sid?]... [...] Da Roma partì subito l'ordine di chiudergli la bocca... I miei amici mafiosi, quando ritornarono a Palermo, mi raccontarono che quella gente era molto preoccupata, mi dissero che avevano paura, che se fosse uscita anche la più piccola delle notizie sull'operazione che stavano preparando, loro sarebbero stati tutti arrestati.
- (About the murder of journalist Mauro De Mauro) He was killed because he had discovered that Borghese and the Mafia had joined forces to stage a coup... the journalist let something slip during a conversation with one of the many bosses who used to frequent the Press Club, which was located inside the Teatro Massimo. [...] It has always been said that he was kidnapped. However, he was neither kidnapped nor taken away by force. There was no need for that. De Mauro knew one of those three men well: Emanuele D’Agostino, a Mafia member from Santa Maria del Gesù. The other two were Bernardo Provenzano and Stefano Giaconia. [...] When Emanuele D’Agostino learnt at the Press Club that De Mauro was aware of the coup, he told everything to Stefano Bontate, who was his boss. Stefano warned the other bosses of the Commission, including Giuseppe Di Cristina from Riesi and Pippo Calderone from Catania. They all flew straight to Rome together with a man they called ‘the lawyer’ – he didn’t practise law but had a degree... They went to Rome to speak to Prince Borghese, to a certain Miceli (General Vito Miceli, head of the SID, the Defence Intelligence Service?) who was perhaps a military man, and perhaps to a certain Maletti (General Gianadelio Maletti, head of the SID’s ‘D’ office?)... [...] The order to silence him was sent straight from Rome... When my Mafia friends returned to Palermo, they told me that those people were very worried; they said they were afraid that if even the slightest bit of news about the operation they were preparing were to get out, they would all be arrested.
- Quoted in Attilio Bolzoni and Francesco Viviano, "De Mauro venne ucciso perché sapeva del golpe", Repubblica.it, 26 January 2001.
- (About the murder of journalist Mauro De Mauro) He was killed because he had discovered that Borghese and the Mafia had joined forces to stage a coup... the journalist let something slip during a conversation with one of the many bosses who used to frequent the Press Club, which was located inside the Teatro Massimo. [...] It has always been said that he was kidnapped. However, he was neither kidnapped nor taken away by force. There was no need for that. De Mauro knew one of those three men well: Emanuele D’Agostino, a Mafia member from Santa Maria del Gesù. The other two were Bernardo Provenzano and Stefano Giaconia. [...] When Emanuele D’Agostino learnt at the Press Club that De Mauro was aware of the coup, he told everything to Stefano Bontate, who was his boss. Stefano warned the other bosses of the Commission, including Giuseppe Di Cristina from Riesi and Pippo Calderone from Catania. They all flew straight to Rome together with a man they called ‘the lawyer’ – he didn’t practise law but had a degree... They went to Rome to speak to Prince Borghese, to a certain Miceli (General Vito Miceli, head of the SID, the Defence Intelligence Service?) who was perhaps a military man, and perhaps to a certain Maletti (General Gianadelio Maletti, head of the SID’s ‘D’ office?)... [...] The order to silence him was sent straight from Rome... When my Mafia friends returned to Palermo, they told me that those people were very worried; they said they were afraid that if even the slightest bit of news about the operation they were preparing were to get out, they would all be arrested.
- *Penso che i magistrati di Caltanissetta stanno processando qualcuno che probabilmente ha avuto una minima parte nell'attentato e che è stato scoperto di recente. Ma non penso che così si possa chiudere il capitolo della partecipazione di soggetti esterni a Cosa nostra. Basti pensare che Falcone, da Roma a Palermo, viaggiava su un piccolo aereo dei servizi segreti. Chi ha voluto far sapere l'ora della sua partenza da Roma? Perché non si è percorsa questa via? Penso che Spatuzza sia un buon collaboratore di giustizia, molto onesto, ma io non penso che il tritolo usato a Capaci venisse solo da quella partita di cui lui parla. A Capaci è stato realizzato un attentato di tipo militare, persone specializzate hanno dato il loro contributo.
- I think the magistrates in Caltanissetta are putting someone on trial who probably played only a minor role in the attack and who was only recently uncovered. But I don’t think this will bring the matter of the involvement of individuals outside the Mafia to a close. One need only consider that Falcone, travelling from Rome to Palermo, used a small secret service aircraft. Who wanted to make known the time of his departure from Rome? Why wasn’t this line of inquiry pursued? I think Spatuzza is a good state witness, very honest, but I don’t think the TNT used at Capaci came solely from the batch he mentions. What took place in Capaci was a military-style attack; specialists were involved.
- From an interview by Stefania Limiti, Di Carlo: "Politica e servizi dietro la strage di Capaci", Antimafiaduemila.com, 19 October 2014.
