Checks are being performed by the
Italian embassy in Colombia over the reported death of a Cosa
Nostra man on Italy's most dangerous fugitives list who
allegedly took part as a young hitman in Mafia talks that led to
the 1982 assassination of Carabinieri General and Palermo
Prefect Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa, sources said Saturday.
Based on press reports in Italy, on the alleged death in a
clinic in Cali of Giovanni Motisi, the embassy in Bogota is
carrying out the appropriate checks on the reliability of the
news, the sources said.
It is probable, however, that the 66-year-old, known as U
Pacchiuni (Fatty), and hitman of late boss of bosses Totò 'The
Beast' Riina, in the event of a hospitalization, would have
entered the hospital under a false name.
According to the statements of Calogero Ganci, a Mafia
informant, Motisi was present at the Cosa Nostra cupola meeting
in which the assassination of Dalla Chiesa was discussed.
Motisi was considered the last major figure of the 'Massacres
Mafia' who was still at large.
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