Question

Research about Salvatore Riina, his background, his entry and progress through the world of organized crime, his specific criminal activities, and his outcome, such as violent or natural death or imprisonment. Minimum of 300 words.

Answer 1

Salvatore Riina:

His background: Riina was born and raised in a poverty-stricken countryside house in Corleone, in the then-province of Palermo. His father Giovanni found an unexploded bomb; his father attempted to open it to sell the powder and metal, but in doing so, set it off, killing himself and Riina's seven-year-old brother Francesco, while injuring his other brother Gaetano. At the age of 19, Riina was sentenced to a 12-year prison sentence for having killed Domenico Di Matteo in a fight.

His entry and progress through the world of organized crime:

The head of the Mafia family in Corleone was Michele Navarra. He was shot dead on the orders of Luciano Leggio, a ruthless 33-year-old Mafioso, who subsequently became the new boss.

Riina started to increase the power of the Corleonesi for Luciano Leggio abd thus entered and progressed through the world of organized crime.

His specific criminal activities:

(A) Killing of Michele Navarra

(B)Hunting down and killing dozens of Navarra's surviving supporters

(C)Christmas Massacre: 23 December 1984 Train 904 bombing; In this incident,17 people were killed and 267 wounded.

(D)Capaci bombing on highway A29 outside Palermo

His outcome, such as violent or natural death or imprisonment:

Riina was captured in January 1993 by the government.

Riina was held in a maximum-security prison in Parma with limited contact with the outside world in order to prevent him from running his organization from behind bars.

In total, Riina was given 26 life sentences and served his sentence in solitary confinement.

Riina died in 2017, one day after his 87th birthday, while in a medically induced coma after two operations in the prison unit of the Maggiore Hospital in Parma.

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