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He learned the hard way what it meant to be born in a Mafia family. When he was 16 he wanted to marry a girl. However, her parents were separated, which, according to the rules of Cosa Nostra, was not allowed. Giuseppe’s brother made the suggestion that he "clean up the family mess" and marry an orphan instead of the daughter of separated parents. In other words, Giuseppe was supposed to kill his girlfriend’s father. If he would not do it, his brother would. Giuseppe broke off the relationship.<ref name=siebert31>Siebert, ''Secrets Of Life And Death'', p. 31</ref>
In 1980, just 17 years old, Giuseppe Marchese was initiated into the Mafia by [[Salvatore Riina]] and [[Leoluca Bagarella]] as ‘reserved’ man of honour affiliated with the [[Corleonesi]].<ref name=narco>{{
==Arrest==
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In September 1992 he became a [[pentito]] and started to collaborate with the authorities. He claimed he was disillusioned by Riina's tactics of murder and treachery, complaining he had been used then discarded by Riina. Marchese admitted to have participated in more than 20 murders, including the one on [[Stefano Bontade]] and [[Salvatore Inzerillo]]. He was the first mafioso from the winning faction of the [[Corleonesi]] in the [[Second Mafia War]] to become state witness.<ref name=narco/>
Giuseppe Marchese was an in-law of [[Leoluca Bagarella]] from [[Corleone]], who married his sister Vincenzina in 1991. According to [[pentito]] Toni Calvaruso, Vincenzina committed suicide on 12 May 1995, due to her depressive state after a series of miscarriages, her brother becoming a [[pentito]] and her husband's involvement with the death of [[Giuseppe Di Matteo]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1996/01/17/la-moglie-di-bagarella-si-impiccata.html|title=LA MOGLIE DI BAGARELLA SI E' IMPICCATA|publisher=repubblica.it|date=17 January 1996|language=Italian}}</ref><ref name=longrigg122>Longrigg, ''Mafia Women'', p. 122</ref><ref>{{
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