Catania (Ct) mafiafamily Santapaola 
Vincenzo Santapaola had as sons Benedetto “Nitto”Santapaola (married to Carmela Minniti who was killed and their sons were Vincenzo Santapaola and Francesco Santapaola), Antonino “Nino”Santapaola and Salvatore “Turi” Santapaola (married to a sister of “Cavaduzzu”Ferrera). Benedetto’s nephew Vincenzo Romeo. Santapaola nephew Natale Ivan Filloramo (33 when he was arrested 20 november 2007 and he is the son of a sister of Benedetto santapaola and his father is Francesco Filloramo. Grazia Santapaola (niece of capomafia Benedetto santapaola) arrested with her husband??? Salvatore Amato. Benedetto’s nephew Salvatore “Turi” Amato was 55 when 16 march 2010 arrested and his girlfriend??? is Emilia Maio and their daughter is Rossella Amato. Santapaola’s nephew Natale D ‘Emanuele (70) and his sons Antonino and Andrea Sebastiano D’Emanuele. Benedetto Santapaola’s nephews the brothers Francesco Santapaola and the killed Angelo Santapaola (his brother in laws are the brothers Giuseppe and Silvio Corra). 

Benedetto “Nitto” Santapaola acting boss Umberto Di Fazio
Benedetto “Nitto” Santapaola (for life imprisoned) reputed acting boss was the in 2005 arrested fugitive Umberto Di Fazio (Catania province capomandamento). 

Catania mafiafamily Ercolano
capomafia Giuseppe Ercolano (69 who was married with a sister of Benedetto Santapaola and their son is Aldo Ercolano who has as wife the daughter of Santapaola capo Francesco Mangion) and his brothers Salvatore (41) and Sebastiano Ercolano an other brother Angelo Ercolano? 

Ercolano men
Ercolano men Papalardo, Capizzi, Tomasello

Catania mafiafamily Mangion
Francesco Mangion and his son Giuseppe Mangion and his daughter who is married to Aldo Ercolano.

Catania mafiafamily Pulvirenti “Malpassotu”
Malpassotu group from Giuseppe Pulvirenti (dies 2 february 2009 age 79 in a car accident) (who rules the area Scordia, Misterbianco) and his brother Angelo Pulvirenti. Giuseppe Pulvirenti’s son Antonino Pulvirenti. Giuseppe Pulvirenti’s son in law Giuseppe Grazioso (his brothers Mario and Salvatore, their father Alfio and brother in law Giuseppe Lanzafame). Giuseppe Pulvirenti’s brother in law Pietro Puglisi


Carateddi clan
The violent wing of Cappello’s group is the Carateddu clan of the brothers Ignazio and Concetto Bonaccorsi (who are both imprisoned for life for murder) and their sister Caterina Bonaccorsi and her son Sebastiano Lo Giudice. 


Carateddi clan boss Massimiliano Bonaccorsi (Cappello affiliate) killed
23 Januari 1997 in Catania Massimiliano Bonaccorsi (24) was killed by Mazzei man Salvatore Di mauro and his brother Alessandro Bonaccorsi was wounded. 

Imprisoned Ignazio Bonaccorsi was angry at fellow inmate Rosario Pitera because he had not brought his proper respects after the murder of Massimiliano Bonaccorsi, so 25 january 1997 he had Rosario Pitera’s brother Giuseppe Pitera (49) killed in Catania.


Provenzano enemies in Catania
In 1998 Partinico capomafia Vito Vitale became allies with the catania bosses Gesualdo La Rocca from Caltagirone and Santo Mazzei. Mazzei was already for a long time imprisoned and tried this way to lead the rise of his “Carcagnusi” clan who should dispose of the Ercolano Santapaola group.


Provenzano enemies in Catania
Vito Vitale also inniated Giuseppe Intelisano (against the wishes of the imprisoned bosses Aldo Ercolano and Benedetto Santapaola) as a made man (mafiosi) of Cosa Nostra, at the same time were also made the Catania men Francesco Riela and Massimiliano Vinciguerra, the last is the head of the "Carcagnusi".


Provenzano enemies in Catania
Then Giuseppe Intelisano, Santo Mazzei, Massimiliano Vinciguerra, Francesco Riela and Aldo La Rocca and other members of the Carcagnusi togather with Partinico capomafia Vito Vitale start opposing the Provenzano allies. They killed the important entrepeneurs Domenico Zucchero and Sergio Signorino who had been close with the old families. They also killed in Catania at the orders of Vito Vitale then Caltanissetta representative Lorenzo Vaccaro an ally of provenzano.


“Carcagnusu” acting boss Massimiliano Vinciguerra (for Sebastiano Mazzei)
“Carcagnusu” boss Sebastiano Mazzei is imprisoned and acting boss was Massimiliano Vinciguerra, Vinciguerra’s wife is Jessica Scott who acts as a go between for Santo Mazzei and Vito Vitale from Partinico.


Enna murdercase Giovanni Minacapilli (48)
Giovanni Minacapilli (48) from Aidone (En) was killed 24 january 1998. By accident was attacker Orazio Di Franco (28) from Enna wounded and after the others phoned their boss, they killed in the evening Di Franco whose body was found months later. Giovanni Minacapilli and Orazio Di Franco were both men of Enna’s old capomafia Giovanni Mattiolo “U vecchiu” who is a Provenzano supporter. For the two murders were arrested Sebastiano Varelli (69); Salvatore Dimaria (52); Vincenzo Giunta (69); Salvatore Chisari (26); Antonino Fallica (27) and Vito Antonio Zingale (36), Mario Alessandro Savoca, Salvatore Leonardi and Antonino Mavica. The murder of Minacapilli had been ordered by Vincenzo Giunta and Sebastiano Varelli. Leonardi and Savoca had tried to get medical care for the wounded killer Orazio Di Franco till the order came to kill him also.


Brusca's trustee Partinico capomafia Vito Vitale 
28 Januari 1998 police arrest 14 mafia members from Partinico, Alcamo and Castellammare who are suspected of working for the boss Vito Vitale, they would be the killers of the recently in San Giuseppe Iato murdered uncle and nephew of pentito Balduccio di Maggio after his arrest. 





Provenzano enemies kill Santapaola man Domenico Zucchero 
13 March 1998 was Santapaola man Domenico Zucchero wounded and died 2 days later at the orders of Sebastiano Mazzei. Domenico Zucchero’s nephew Carmelo Zuccaro?? Maurizio Zuccaro the brother in law of Santapaola??


Brusca's trustee Partinico capomafia Vito Vitale orders murder of San Giuseppe Jato pentito Balduccio Di Maggio's brother Emanuele Di Maggio 
21 March 1998 in San Giuseppe Iato Emanuele Di Maggio (52) get killed, he is one of the three brothers of pentito Balduccio Di Maggio and behind it is Vito Vitale. 


Giuseppe Intelisano arrested
In march 1998 was Giuseppe Intelisano arrested. Pentito Salvatore Chianetta the former chauffeur for the boss Giuseppe Intelisano talks about the connections between the mafia, entrepeneurs, politicians and freemasons in Catania. 

Palermo meeting of the Catania rebels
After Giuseppe Intelisano was arrested in march 1998 Vito Vitale held a meeting in Palermo for the Catania rebels of Vinciguerra, Riela and La Rocca with them also came Angelo Mascali. Mascali got the order to organize the murder of Nuccio Cannizzaro. They wanted to take Catania over from the Ercolano Santapaola clan by eliminating all their opponents under whom would also be Benedetto Santapaola’s son Vincenzo. But Angelo Mascali went to his friends Antonio Motta, Maurizio Zuccaro and Sebastiano Cannizzaro and told them about the rebels. The Catania cosca reacts on the from Palermo led mutiny with the murders of Giovanni Riela (a mistake because they wanted to kill his brother Francesco Riela) and Massimiliano Vinciguerra. 


Partinico capocosca Vito Vitale
6 April 1998 seven members of the cosches of Vitale (Partinico), Brusca and DiMaggio get arrested. While Vito Vitale was on the run the cosca was run by his sister Giusy and their brother Leonardo Vitale. 


Partinico capomafia Vito Vitale arrested
13 April 1998 Vito Vitale (39) the boss of Partinico get arrested and he is second only to Provenzano. While Vito is in prison his cosca was run by his son Giovanni Vito Vitale jr (15). 
Partinico acting capomafia Giovanni Vito Vitale jr

Caltanissetta representant Domenico Vaccaro (Provenzano ally)
After Vito Vitale was arrested there was in Enna a peacemeeting in which particpated Domenico Vaccaro. 


Acireale murdercase Angelo Castorina
7 April 1998 was Angelo Castorina killed, he belonged to the Sciuto cosca and was killed by 3 killers of his own cosca, also wounded were Sciuto member Orazio Signorelli and the child Domenico Querulo (5). The shooters had been Luciano Daniele Trovato (28) and Giuseppe Cangemi who were driven by Lorenzo Patane. They had been ordered by Sciuto man Carmelo ragusa.


Catania
14 April 1998 was Giovanni Riela wounded, he is the son of Lorenzo Riela who works for the son in law of Pulvirenti.


“Carcagnusu” acting boss Massimiliano Vinciguerra (for Sebastiano Mazzei) killed
In april 1998 was Massimiliano Vinciguerra killed by Vincenzo Santapaola (Benedetto’s oldest son), and his cosca members Antonio Motta, Maurizio Zuccaro, Nicolo Maugeri and Guido Agosta after which they hid his body, his body was found 20 november. 5 august 1998 were the killers Vincenzo Santapaola (Benedetto’s oldest son), and his cosca members Antonio Motta, Maurizio Zuccaro, Nicolo Maugeri and Guido Agosta arrested.


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Between 26 june and 8 august 1998 there are in Catania 7 murders when there starts a war between Santo mazzei (Vito Vitale supporter ) and Benedetto Santapaola (Provenzano supporter)


Santo La causa regent of Ercolano Santapaola familie
25 July 1999 was Claudio La causa (33) arrested, he was the brother of the in january arrested boss Santo La causa who supports Santapaola. 


Catania
30 July 1999 the capo Giansante Maugeri was arrested and he is close with Santapaola. 

Santapaola capomafia Umberto Di Fazio
1 June 1999 was Umberto Di Fazio imprisoned but was already set free 16 june 1999. Santapaola capomafia Umberto Di Fazio was seen as between 1999 and the end of 2000 as the highest boss in Catania. 


Benedetto santapaola's niece Grazia Santapaola arrested 
22 March 2001 was in Catania then Grazia Santapaola (niece of capomafia Benedetto santapaola) arrested with her husband Salvatore Amato.


Catania capomafia Benedetto Santapaola's brother in law Giuseppe Ercolano comes free
Giuseppe Ercolano had already been arrested in december 1992 and had come free 22 january 2004, he had been imprisoned in Lanciano (Chieti) prison after a sentence of 12 years for mafia association.


Catania alliance Garozzo Bonaccorsi Cappello. 
In an attached postcard to a letter, send in the first months of 2004 from Giuseppe Garozzo to Salvatore Cappello (both prisoners at the time) appeared a Formula 1 Ferrari with a driver who had the face of Capello and two men next to his side, one of which had the face of Bonaccorsi. Cappello had tightened his alliance with the groups of Giuseppe Garozzo, leader of the "Cursoti" and Ignazio Bonaccorsi, founder of the "Carateddu" group.


Catania’s more recent alliances:
Mazzei, Sciuto fraction "Tigna", Cappello and parts of the groups Pulvirenti, Pillera and Cursoti fight against: 
Santapaola, Laudani, Sciuto fraction "Coscia" and parts of the groups Pulvirenti, Pillera and Cursoti.


“Nino” Santapoala and Benedetto Santapaola's brother in law Giuseppe Ercolano clash
Internally had come some troubles between Ercolano and “Nino” Santapoala. Alfio Mirabile was seen as the head of the San Cristoforo quarter in Catania for the santapaola family and was a close friend of “Nino” Santapaola the brother of Benedetto. 


“Nino” Santapoala's friend and Monte Po (Catania province) capomafia Alfio Mirabile wounded 
24 april 2004 was Monte Po capomafia Alfio Mirabile shot and so severely wounded he became paralyzed and ended in a wheelchair. 


Benedetto Santapaola's brother “Nino” Santapoala and murder of Salvatore Di Pasquale 
Revenge from “Nino” Santapoala came swift. After the attack was in San Giovanni Galermo quarter Salvatore Di Pasquale killed. 29 April 2004 was in Catania Salvatore Di Pasquale shot and killed, he was a small drugdealer.


Benedetto Santapaola's brother “Nino” Santapoala and murder of Gaetano La Rosa 
1 May 2004 was the body of the killed Gaetano La Rosa (36) found in his burned Mercedes in the borough San Cristoforo. Gaetano La rosa was the brother of pentito Giuseppe La Rosa 'Pippu 'u nobili' and gaetano La Rosa was also the brother in law of capomafia Alessandro Strano. 


Benedetto Santapaola's brother “Nino” Santapoala and murder of Michele Costanzo 
Then was Michele Costanzo killed and Antonino Sangiorgi wounded. 


Catania operation “Risiko” ended
21 july 2004 were in Catania 12 persons arrested who support the Santapaola cosca in Monte Po, of which capomafia Alfio Mirabile had been severely wounded 24 april. 21 July 2004 were arrested of the Santapaola clan: Salvatore Francesco Guglielmino (32), Dario Caruana (26), Marco Strano (22), Gaetano Vitale (33), Paolo Mirabile (28), Antonino Tomaselli (27), Francesco Mirabile (48), Luigi Ferrini (30), Pietro Privitera (26), Antonio Comis (26), Mario Costa Cardone (25). Under the arrested were the brother and nephew of Alfio Mirabile, Francesco and Paolo mirabile, and Marco Strano, capomafia at the post of his imprisoned brother Alessandro. 


“Nino” Santapoala's friend and Monte Po (Catania province) capomafia Alfio Mirabile arrested
Later was Alfio Mirabile (40) arrested. Also indicted Vincenzo Sicaro (52) and Marcello Scardia (38). Vincenzo Sicali, di 42 anni, e Marcello Scardina, di 38,


Catania capomafia Benedetto Santapaola's acting boss Giuseppe Ercolano (69) arrested
31 January 2005 was Giuseppe Ercolano (69) arrested, he was the capomafia of Catania province since the lifesentence of his brother in law Benedetto Santapaola. 


Catania, Raimondo Maugeri arrested
17 June 2005 was in Catania then Raimondo Maugeri arrested, he was seen as the capomafia of the cosca in Villaggio Sant’Agata di Catania, and was an ally of Santapaola. Police also arrested three members of a group who are allies of Santapaola, and are in the area Monte Po, who wanted to kill Maugeri after an internal conflict about drugtrafficking. 


Catania capomafia Benedetto Santapaola's acting boss Umberto Di Fazio arrested in Agira (Enna)
Now he would have been back on the topspot with the backing of the Ercolano clan. 22 October 2005 was Santapaola clan capomafia Umberto Di Fazio (43) arrested in Agira (Enna) with his nephew Giuseppe Di Fazio (44 from Leonforte), Giuseppe Giannitto (43 from Agira) and Michele Stivala (26 from Agira). In the triangle Valguarnera, Agira (Enna), Leonforte the boss Umberto Di Fazio had relatives: nine uncles and about 60 cousins. 


Catania capomafia Benedetto Santapaola's acting boss Umberto Di Fazio pentito
In december 2005 Catania capomafia Benedetto Santapaola's acting boss Umberto Di Fazio becomes a pentito. 


Catania double murdercase 
Two men were shot to death on June 11th 2006 with a typical mafia ambush in Paternò village, Catania province. Giuseppe Salvia, 29, and Roberto Faro, 19, both linked to the local mafia "families" crews and involved in extortions and robberies, were murdered by a command of killers at about 23:30 inside their car Fiat Uno. The ambush left seriously wounded also Alessio Salvia, the 7 years old son of Giuseppe, who was in the car at that moment; the father probably brought him in order to avoid the ambush. According to the doctors of Catania hospital the child is very grave. The fact could be an internal war inside one of the crews present in the area linked to Santapaola or Cappello "families".


30 september 2007 were Benedetto’s nephew Angelo Santapaola (45) and his bodyguard Nicola Sedici (31) (also a nephew of Santapaola because he married a niece of antapaola) killed. 

Benedetto’s nephew Angelo Santapaola ‘s brother Francesco Santapaola (46) was 9 october 2007 arrested. 

Carateddi clan acting boss Sebastiano Lo Giudice “Ianu u Carateddu”
Carateddi acting boss Sebastiano Lo Giudice “Ianu u Carateddu” went to war in the second half of 2008 with the Sciuto “tigna”cosca.

Sciuto member Sebastiano Fichera (37) killed
15 (or 26) August 2008 was Sciuto member Sebastiano Fichera (37) killed (his nephew is Giuseppe Bosco).

Sciuto acting boss Giacomo Spalletta killed
Sciuto acting boss Giacomo Spalletta (born 22 june 1957) (51) was 14 november 2008 killed. He was followed up by Sciuto “Tigna”capomafia Biagio Sciuto

Sciuto “Tigna”capomafia Biagio Sciuto arrested
Sciuto “Tigna”capomafia Biagio Sciuto (62) was 28 november 2008 arrested.

Sebastiano Sciuto “Nuccio Coscia” (his son is Stefano Sciuto) and his brother in law Maurizio Farace (killed in a holdup in 1993??) 

9 april 2009 were Massimiliano Cappello (brother of the boss Cappello) and Nicola Lo Faro (killed 4 may 2009) arrested as suspects of the murder of Giuseppe Vinciguerra 7 april 2009.

Carateddi clan acting boss Sebastiano Lo Giudice “Ianu u Carateddu”
Carateddi acting boss Sebastiano Lo Giudice “Ianu u Carateddu” went to war in 2009 with the Santapaola- ercolano clan and the Milan cursoti.

Sant Agata capomafia Raimondo Maugeri (47) was killed 30 june 2009 by Michele Schillaci, Paolo Mirabile and Salvatore Papale who were arrested. 


Sciuto “Tigna”clan acting boss Salvatore Romano arrested
Sciuto “Tigna”clan acting boss Salvatore Romano (53) was 7 september 2009 arrested

Sciuto “Tigna”man Antonino Nicotra (48) arrested
26 december 2009 was Sciuto “Tigna”man Antonino Nicotra (48) arrested.

Carateddi clan acting boss Orazio Privitera arrested
24 january 2010 was Orazio Privitera “Pilu Russu” (48) arrested he was a cappello capo and then went over to the Sciuto “Tigna”clan and he was now the boss of the Carateddu. 

Carateddi member Salvatore Tucci (30) killed
6 March 2010 was Carateddi member Salvatore Tucci (30) killed because he was suspected by the Carateddi leaders of stealing money from the group. 

Carateddi clan acting boss Sebastiano Lo Giudice “Ianu u Carateddu”
Carateddi acting boss Sebastiano Lo Giudice “Ianu u Carateddu”(33) was arrested 8 march 2010.

Carateddi clan
16 march 2010 were arrested the Carateddi members Alessandro Bonaccorsi (32), Salvatore Bonvegna (30), Paolo Ferrara (36), Giovanni Musumeci (38), Natale Cavallaro (28) and Marco Rapisarda (33). 

Carateddi acting capomafia gaetano Musumeci (27) arrested
29 april 2010 Carateddi acting capomafia gaetano Musumeci (27) arrested. 


2 may 2010 was wounded Salvatore Pitara (59) the brother of Cursoti capo Pitara.