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{{Short description|Member of the Sicilian Mafia}}
'''Giuseppe Marchese''' (born c [[1962]]) was a member of the [[Sicily|Sicilian]] [[Mafia]], who turned state witness ([[pentito]]). Giuseppe ''Pino'' Marchese was born in [[Palermo]]. His father Vincenzo Marchese was a powerful Mafia boss and his uncle [[Filippo Marchese]] was the head of the Corso dei Mille Mafia family.<ref>{{it icon}} [http://www.narcomafie.it/sentenza_dellutri.pdf Sentenza nei confronti di Dell’Utri Marcello e Cinà Gaetano] December 11, 2004</ref> ▼
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▲'''Giuseppe Marchese''' (born c12 [[1962]]December 1963) wasis a former member of the [[Sicily|Sicilian]] [[Sicilian Mafia|Mafia]], who turned state witness ([[pentito]]). Giuseppe ''Pino'' Marchese was born in [[Palermo]]. Hisin fathera Vincenzofamily Marchesewith waslong-standing aties powerfulto the Mafia. bossHis father Vincenzo and his uncle [[Filippo Marchese]] waswere theboth headmembers of theCosa Corso dei Mille Mafia familyNostra.<ref>{{it icon}} [http://www.narcomafie.it/sentenza_dellutri.pdf Sentenza nei confronti di Dell’Utri Marcello e Cinà Gaetano] December 11, 2004</ref>
 
== Early Mafia career ==
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>{{in lang|it}} [http://www.narcomafie.it/sentenza_dellutri.pdf Sentenza nei confronti di Dell’Utri Marcello e Cinà Gaetano] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928051033/http://www.narcomafie.it/sentenza_dellutri.pdf |date=September 28, 2007 }}, December 11, 2004, pp. 293-95</ref> His membership of Cosa Nostra was to be kept confidential in order to work exclusively for Riina and his uncle.<ref name=paoli70>Paoli, ''Mafia Brotherhoods'', p. 70</ref> He became one of the many killers at the disposal of the Corleonesi in the [[Second Mafia War]].
 
==Arrest==
He was only 1918 when he participated in the so-called "Christmas Massacre" when, on the afternoon of [[25 December 25]], [[1981]], in [[Bagheria]], three Mafiosi – including [[Giovanni Di Peri]], the boss of [[Villabate]] – and an innocent bystander were murdered. [[Giuseppe Greco]] and Marchese's uncle [[Filippo Marchese]] also took part in the bloodshed.<ref name=stille63>Stille, ''[[Excellent Cadavers]]'', pp. 63-64</ref>
 
Giuseppe Marchese was captured on [[15 January 15]], [[1982]], and imprisoned for his role in the Christmas Massacre. His conviction was secured by the fact that one of his [[fingerprintsfingerprint]] was found on the steering wheel of one of the getaway-cars<ref name=stille63/> (the [[forensic scientist]], Dr. [[Paolo Giaccone]], who found and identified the fingerprint was subsequently shot to death by Rosario Rotolo, one of Filippo Marchese's killers; at the [[Maxi Trial]], Rotolo was convicted of this murder.). Marchese was given a [[life sentence]] as part of the [[Maxi Trial]] in 1987.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE1D81438F936A15756C0A96E948260|title=Mafia Killer Reported Slain|publisher=Reuters|date=25 May 1988}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1987/12/17/giudici-hanno-creduto-buscetta.html|title=I GIUDICI HANNO CREDUTO A BUSCETTA|publisher=repubblica.it|date=17 December 1987|language=Italian}}</ref>
 
== Betrayed by Riina ==
On [[11 May 11]], [[1989]] Giuseppe Marchese and his brother Antonino battered to death [[Vincenzo Puccio]], boss of the [[Mandamento (Sicilian Mafia)|mandamento]] of [[Ciaculli]] and a fellow [[convict]] and [[hitman]] for the Corleonesi. Puccio had been plotting to overthrow the Corleonesi bosses, [[Salvatore Riina]] and [[Bernardo Provenzano]].<ref name=stille307>Stille, ''[[Excellent Cadavers]]'', pp. 307-08</ref> ▼
 
▲On [[May 11]], [[1989]] Giuseppe Marchese and his brother Antonino battered to death [[Vincenzo Puccio]], boss of the [[mandamento]] of [[Ciaculli]] and a fellow [[convict]] and [[hitman]] for the Corleonesi. Puccio had been plotting to overthrow the Corleonesi bosses, [[Salvatore Riina]] and [[Bernardo Provenzano]].<ref name=stille307>Stille, ''[[Excellent Cadavers]]'', pp. 307-08</ref>
 
Giuseppe and Antonino Marchese had been ordered to kill Puccio by Riina but were unaware that Riina, on the same day, had Puccio's brother murdered. A deliberate ploy by Riina to ensure the Marchese brothers were unable to claim they had carried out the killing of Vincenzo Puccio during a spontaneous act of self-defence. The two Marcheses were subsequently given additional life sentences.<ref name=stille307/>
 
== Pentito ==
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 firstsecond (after the Marino Mannoia) mafioso from the winning faction of the [[Corleonesi]] in the [[Second Mafia War]] to become state witness.<ref name=narco/> Although isn't involved, he also talked about [[Pino Greco]]'s killing▼
 
Giuseppe Marchese was a brother 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>{{in lang|it}} [http://www.psychomedia.it/pm/lifecycle/gender/flocca-giunta.htm Il femminile in Cosa Nostra], Francesco Flocca & Serena Giunta, Psychomedia, September 5, 2003</ref>
▲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.
 
Giuseppe Marchese was an [[in-law]] of [[Leoluca Bagarella]] from [[Corleone]], who married Pino’s sister Vincenza in 1991. She later committed suicide after Giuseppe Marchese began collaborating with authorities. Another version was that she was clinically depressed, after a series of miscarriages. She allegedly also was shocked by the killing of the 13-year old [[Giuseppe Di Matteo]] in January 1996 in retaliation for the “betrayal” of his father [[Santo Di Matteo]] who had turned state witness after his arrest on [[June 4]], 1993.<ref>Longrigg, ''Mafia Women'', p. 122</ref><ref>{{it icon}} [http://www.psychomedia.it/pm/lifecycle/gender/flocca-giunta.htm Il femminile in Cosa Nostra], Francesco Flocca & Serena Giunta, Psychomedia, September 5, 2003</ref> The body of the little Giuseppe was dissolved in acid. Vincenza Marchese’s body has never been found.
 
== References ==
{{reflist}}
 
* Longrigg, Clare (1998). ''Mafia Women'', London: Vintage {{ISBN |0-09-959171-5}}
* Paoli, Letizia (2003). ''Mafia Brotherhoods: Organized Crime, Italian Style'', Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press {{ISBN |0-19-515724-9}}
* [[Alexander Stille|StilleSiebert, Alexander]]Renate (19951996). ''Excellent Cadavers[https://books.google.com/books?id=LXNWOyPfDSoC TheSecrets MafiaOf andLife theAnd Death. ofWomen and the First Italian RepublicMafia]'', London: VintageVerso {{ISBN 0|1-0985984-959491023-9X}}
* [[Alexander Stille|Stille, Alexander]] (1995). ''Excellent Cadavers. The Mafia and the Death of the First Italian Republic'', London: Vintage {{ISBN|0-09-959491-9}}
 
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