A video call from Borgo Vecchio revealed the name of the Brancaccio boss
PALERMO – The news arrived in prison via video call. It was Jari Ingarao who reportedly let Rosario Montalbano ’s cellmate know that Giuseppe Arduino had taken over power in Brancaccio.
Montalbano himself tells the story , having decided to collaborate with the Palermo District Anti-Mafia Directorate.
Two reflections are immediate. The first concerns the ease with which prisoners come into possession of a cell phone. The second: Ingarao was well informed about the dynamics of a mandamento to which he does not belong.
Last February, Ingarao was sentenced on appeal to 16 years, 10 months and 20 days in prison. He was allegedly a supporter of the Borgo Vecchio mafia bosses, the brothers Angelo and Girolamo Monti. Jari Ingarao is the son of Nicola , once regent of the Porta Nuova mandamento, killed in 2007 by the Lo Piccolo family of San Lorenzo. His brothers Danilo and Gabriele were sentenced in the same trial.
In 2011, until the day of his previous arrest, Giuseppe Arduino occupied the step below the triumvirs of the Brancaccio mafia : Cesare Lupo, Antonino Sacco and Giuseppe Faraone.
He was once an unsuspecting hotel porter , then he waited his turn in prison. In 2020, after serving a 10-year sentence, he would have taken over the scepter of power. A circumstance known even far from his territory, namely in Porta Nuova. In that same year, the man from the phone call to prison also ended up in prison: Jari Ingarao.
Nothing more is known. Montalbano's statement is omitted. The reason for the phone call remains a mystery.
