Emanuele Basile (; July 2, 1949 – May 4, 1980) was an Italian captain of the
Carabinieri
The Carabinieri (, also , ; formally ''Arma dei Carabinieri'', "Arm of Carabineers"; previously ''Corpo dei Carabinieri Reali'', "Royal Carabineers Corps") are the national gendarmerie of Italy who primarily carry out domestic and foreign polic ...
and a collaborator of
Paolo Borsellino
Paolo Emanuele Borsellino (; scn, Pàulu Borsellino; 19 January 1940 – 19 July 1992) was an Italian judge and prosecuting magistrate. From his office in the Palace of Justice in Palermo, Sicily, he spent most of his professional life trying t ...
on anti-Mafia investigations. He was killed by
Cosa Nostra
The Sicilian Mafia, also simply known as the Mafia and frequently referred to as Cosa nostra (, ; "our thing") by its members, is an Italian Mafia-terrorist-type organized crime syndicate and criminal society originating in the region of Sicily ...
in
Monreale,
Palermo, shot repeatedly in the back whilst he carried his four-year-old daughter, who was unhurt in the shooting.
[ He was working with Borsellino on traffic of heroin and killings related to Mafia in Corleone at the time of his death. The investigation on his murder was headed by Borsellino.
The hit team was made up by Vincenzo Puccio, Armando Bonanno and Giuseppe Madonia of the Resuttana Mafia family, with logistical support from ]Giovanni Brusca
Giovanni Brusca (; born 20 February 1957) is an Italian mobster and former member of the Corleonesi clan of the Sicilian Mafia. He had a major role in the 1992 murders of Antimafia Commission prosecutor Giovanni Falcone and businessman Ignazio ...
.[http://www.antimafiaduemila.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1307&pagenum=3&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 ]
On 14 November 1992, Salvatore Riina and Francesco Madonia were sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder.
References
Sources
* http://digilander.libero.it/inmemoria/borsellino_biografia.htm
* http://digilander.libero.it/inmemoria/delitti_della_mafia.htm
* https://web.archive.org/web/20051226100445/http://www.testimonideltempo.it/contenuti/paoloborsellino.asp
* https://web.archive.org/web/20051122195846/http://www.frosinone.org/oltreloccidente/testi_oo/f302_stille.htm
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1949 births
1980 deaths
People murdered by the Sicilian Mafia
People from Taranto
Carabinieri
Deaths by firearm in Italy
Male murder victims
Italian police officers
People murdered in Italy