Omicidio Vacirca a Niscemi, dopo 35 anni arrestato Vaccaro

Nearly 35 years after the murder, police and magistrates from the Caltanissetta Anti-Mafia Directorate (DDA) believe they have identified the perpetrators of the killing of Vincenzo Vacirca, then 42, in Niscemi (Caltanissetta) on November 8, 1983. Members of the Nisseno Flying Squad, led by Marzia Giustolisi, arrested Domenico "Mimì" Vaccaro, 64, considered a "man of honor" of the Campofranco mafia family, pursuant to an order from investigating judge Marcello Testaquadra. The other alleged hitman, Antonino Bevilacqua, was later murdered. The "cold case" was solved thanks to the collection and cross-referencing of data gathered over time. The murder appears to have arisen during a bloody feud between clans in the Nisseno area in the 1980s. The arrest was made by verifying and verifying the statements of collaborators with justice, Salvatore Riggio, Ciro Vara, and Antonino Pitrolo, as well as the declarant Giancarlo Giugno. The murder was believed to be a response to the killing of the head of the Niscemi family, Salvatore Arcerito, 63, on April 30, 1983, which members of the same group blamed on Giuseppe Vacirca, Vincenzo's brother. However, the target of the retaliation was a fugitive at the time, so the Cosa Nostra leadership decided to seek revenge by ordering Vincenzo's assassination. Giuseppe Vacirca was subsequently killed in August 1990. Vaccaro is identified as having close ties to the mafia boss Giuseppe '"iddu" Madonia and as a trusted man of Palermo boss Bernardo Provenzano, who noted his name in the notes found in the mafia boss's hideout. After Alessandro Barbieri's arrest in January 2014, Mimì Vaccaro succeeded him as provincial head of Cosa Nostra in the province of Caltanissetta. (lasicilia)