Vittorio Mangano
Vittorio Mangano (18 August 1940 – 23 July 2000) was a member of the Sicilian Mafia, also known as Cosa Nostra. He was well known as the stable keeper at the villa of Silvio Berlusconi in Arcore in the 1970s, and is known as "The Stable Keeper of Arcore" (lo stalliere di Arcore). Berlusconi later became Prime Minister of Italy.
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[edit]- A Berlusconi ci voglio bene, fino a oggi. È una persona onesta, scrivetelo.[1]
- I’ve always had a soft spot for Berlusconi, right up until now. He’s an honest man – write that down.
- Quoted in E il boss Mangano difende in aula il Cavaliere, Corriere della Sera, 14 July 1998, p. 2.
- I’ve always had a soft spot for Berlusconi, right up until now. He’s an honest man – write that down.
- Per me Berlusconi era proprio come un parente. La fiducia che aveva in me era pari a quella che io avevo in lui e nella sua famiglia.
- To me, Berlusconi was just like family. The trust he had in me was equal to the trust I had in him and his family.
- Quoted in E il boss Mangano difende in aula il Cavaliere, Corriere della Sera, 14 July 1998, p. 2.
- To me, Berlusconi was just like family. The trust he had in me was equal to the trust I had in him and his family.
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[edit]- Berlusconi ha assunto Mangano, gliel'ho presentato io, è verissimo, tra tante persone che c'erano in concorso per quella posizione, e ai quali Berlusconi ha addirittura affidato la casa, e il signor Mangano accompagnava anche i figli di Berlusconi a scuola. Non vedo niente di strano nel fatto che io abbia frequentato in questa maniera il signor Mangano, e lo frequenterei ancora adesso.
- Berlusconi hired Mangano – I introduced him to Berlusconi, that’s absolutely true – out of all the people who were competing for that position, and to whom Berlusconi even entrusted his home; Mr Mangano also used to take Berlusconi’s children to school. I don’t see anything strange in the fact that I used to socialise with Mr Mangano in this way, and I would still do so today.
- Marcello Dell'Utri, Tgr Sicilia, 1 July. 1996
- Berlusconi hired Mangano – I introduced him to Berlusconi, that’s absolutely true – out of all the people who were competing for that position, and to whom Berlusconi even entrusted his home; Mr Mangano also used to take Berlusconi’s children to school. I don’t see anything strange in the fact that I used to socialise with Mr Mangano in this way, and I would still do so today.
- Il fattore Vittorio Mangano, condannato in primo grado all'ergastolo, è morto per causa mia. Mangano era ammalato di cancro quando è entrato in carcere ed è stato ripetutamente invitato a fare dichiarazioni contro di me e il presidente Berlusconi. Se lo avesse fatto, lo avrebbero scarcerato con lauti premi e si sarebbe salvato. È un eroe, a modo suo.
- Vittorio Mangano, the farmhand who was sentenced to life imprisonment at first instance, died because of me. Mangano was suffering from cancer when he went to prison and was repeatedly urged to make statements against me and Mr Berlusconi. Had he done so, they would have released him with generous rewards and he would have been saved. He is a hero, in his own way.
- Marcello Dell'Utri, from an interview by Klaus Davi for the YouTube channel Klauscondicio, 8 April 2008; quoted in Dell'Utri: se vinceremo le elezioni, i libri di storia saranno revisionati, Corriere della sera, 8 April 2008.
- Vittorio Mangano, the farmhand who was sentenced to life imprisonment at first instance, died because of me. Mangano was suffering from cancer when he went to prison and was repeatedly urged to make statements against me and Mr Berlusconi. Had he done so, they would have released him with generous rewards and he would have been saved. He is a hero, in his own way.
- Le prove dei rapporti tra Stato e Mafia? Purtroppo Mangano.
- Evidence of links between the state and the Mafia? Unfortunately, Mangano.
- Mario Natangelo, Il Fatto Quotidiano, 20 November 2009.
- Evidence of links between the state and the Mafia? Unfortunately, Mangano.
- Per quanto riguarda Mangano, che non era uno stalliere, era il fattore che avemmo ad Arcore con tutta la sua famiglia, madre, moglie e due figli che lui accompagnava all'asilo tutte le mattine insieme ai miei bambini, era una persona che con noi si è comportata benissimo. Poi ha avuto delle disavventure nella vita che lo hanno messo un po' in mano ad una organizzazione criminale. Lui eroicamente, sono d'accordo con Dell'Utri, pur essendo così malato non inventò mai nessuna cosa contro di me e lo lasciarono andare il giorno prima della sua morte. Stava morendo in carcere, ben quindi dice Dell'Utri nel considerare eroico un comportamento di questo genere.
- As for Mangano, who wasn’t a stable hand, he was the farm manager we had at Arcore, living there with his whole family – his mother, wife and two children, whom he took to nursery every morning along with my children. He was someone who treated us very well. Then he had some misfortunes in life that left him somewhat at the mercy of a criminal organisation. He acted heroically – I agree with Dell'Utri – in that, despite being so ill, he never fabricated anything against me, and they let him go the day before his death. He was dying in prison, which is precisely why Dell'Utri considers such behaviour heroic.
- Silvio Berlusconi, at 28 minuti, Radio 2, 9 April 2008. Video available on YouTube.com. Reported in Berlusconi ha detto: (anno 2008), Corriere.it.
- As for Mangano, who wasn’t a stable hand, he was the farm manager we had at Arcore, living there with his whole family – his mother, wife and two children, whom he took to nursery every morning along with my children. He was someone who treated us very well. Then he had some misfortunes in life that left him somewhat at the mercy of a criminal organisation. He acted heroically – I agree with Dell'Utri – in that, despite being so ill, he never fabricated anything against me, and they let him go the day before his death. He was dying in prison, which is precisely why Dell'Utri considers such behaviour heroic.
