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Francesca Laura Morvillo (Italian pronunciation: [franˈtʃeska morˈvillo]; 14 December 1945 – 23 May 1992) was an Italian magistrate, wife of Giovanni Falcone and victim of the Sicilian Mafia. On May 23, 1992, she, her husband and three police officers on their security detail were killed in the Capaci bombing. [1]
Giovanni Falcone (Italian: [dʒoˈvanni falˈkoːne]; 18 May 1939 – 23 May 1992) was an Italian judge and prosecuting magistrate. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] From his office in the Palace of Justice in Palermo , Sicily , he spent most of his professional life trying to overthrow the power of the Sicilian Mafia .
The second car, carrying Falcone and his wife, crashed against the concrete wall and the debris, fatally ejecting Falcone and his wife, who were not wearing seat belts, through the windscreen. [12] Thousands gathered at the Church of Saint Dominic for the funerals which were broadcast live on national TV. All regular television programs were ...
May 23 – Judge Giovanni Falcone, with his wife, judge Francesca Morvillo and their escort of three policemen: Rocco Di Cillo, Antonio Montinaro and Vito Schifani, by a car bomb in what is known as the Capaci bombing.
On 23 May 1992, Falcone, his wife and three police bodyguards were killed by a bomb planted under the highway outside of Palermo. Giovanni Brusca later claimed that 'boss of bosses' Salvatore Riina had told him that after the assassination of Falcone, there were indirect negotiations with the government.
Giovanni Brusca – one of Riina's hitmen who personally detonated the bomb that killed Falcone, and became a state witness after his arrest in 1996 – has offered a controversial version of the capture of Totò Riina: a secret deal between Carabinieri officers, secret agents and Cosa Nostra bosses tired of the dictatorship of Riina’s ...
The wife of a billionaire hedge fund manager defended her casual use of the N-word, suggesting her "black friend" Alicia Keys wouldn't mind it, according to court documents obtained by Page Six.
Also, the school is named after prosecuting magistrate Francesca Morvillo (Giovanni Falcone's wife), victim of mafia murdered in a massive terrorist bombing, and the Brindisi bomb took place just five days before the 20th anniversary of Capaci bombing, and an anti-mafia march was scheduled in Brindisi the same day. [7]