Mafia hit man who killed famous prosecutor and dissolved boy s body in acid apologizes for role in factory of death
June 3, 2021 / 11:15 AM / AP Photographer s mafia photos
The release from prison of one of Italy s most notorious mobsters-turned-informants generated more indignation Thursday, even after he was shown in an old jailhouse interview apologizing to his many victims for his role in this factory of death.
Giovanni Brusca, 64, got out of prison this week after serving 25 years of a life term for some of Cosa Nostra s most heinous crimes. They include the 1992 car bomb slaying of Italy s leading anti-Mafia prosecutor, his wife and three bodyguards and the 1996 kidnapping and murder of the 11-year-old son of a Mafia turncoat. The boy s strangled body was dissolved in a vat of acid.
Italians aghast after notorious mafia killer Giovanni Brusca released from prison
In 1992, he detonated the bomb that killed Giovanni Falcone, a legendary prosecuting magistrate who dedicated his career to overthrowing the mafia
He was also involved in the killing of 12-year-old Giuseppe Di Matteo, the son of a mafia turncoat, who was kidnapped and murdered in 1993