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'Ndrangheta and ultras, the “clash” between the fans and the arrival of Bellocco. Beretta: «He used his mafia weight»
The former Nord player told prosecutors about his relationship with the “Hammers”. «Antonio told him “you have to move”»
Published: 12/30/2024 – 11:19
MILAN "When Vittorio died, they showed up at Debora's house and took the group's cash, as if they were the ones in charge. We show up with Marco at this Mimmo's house, and Mimmo attacks Marco (...) something comes out that we can't get to the bottom of. So Marco decides to call Antonio Bellocco and we organize..." Andrea Beretta, the now ex-leader of the Inter ultras, is in full flood in front of the prosecutors of the Milan DDA. Dozens and dozens of pages of reports that are helping to unravel shadows and doubts about the management of the San Siro curves, but also about the relationships of organized fans with crime and, in particular, with the Calabrian 'ndrangheta.
The statements
Accused of the murder of Antonio Bellocco, the 1988 class killed last September in Cernusco sul Naviglio, “Berro” in the statements made on November 22, 2024 spoke, among other things, of the relationships with the “Hammers” and the interference of the scion of the 'ndrangheta clan. «(…) Me, Marco, Antonio, there were two friends of Marco, from Carugate, who were from that area, who had come up for work and then came back down, I don't remember (…) I called him the hunter, because he had a hat and always went around with boots like mountain boots, and another guy who had to do with (…), the chocolate guy, they worked for him… we have this meeting and in my opinion the vehicle that brought Antonio are these two (…) they say “there could be this person who could solve your problem”. When Antonio goes up he says that “you have to say that you and I already worked together, that we were already together in this story about the stadium, I was a secret partner, when we go to Mimmo” (…)».
The “weight” of Totò Bellocco
«Because then afterwards we went to Mimmo… to make our complaints (…) “Look, we are behind it”, Antonio told him, “We already know each other with Andrea”, I had never seen him in my life… “Andrea is here, we have known him for a long time, you have to move” and in that case we withdrew all the banners, right? Antonio takes over, Antonio takes over precisely because of the Hammer issue (…)».
As Beretta recounted, therefore, «Antonio (Bellocco ed.) used his weight to approach this guy… he told him “You have to move…”». And when asked if by chance Bellocco had asserted his “mafia-ness”, Beretta replied: «Yes». According to the former Inter ultra leader, however, the other side would not have given up so easily, on the contrary. «It is always a continuation, they continue to call people, their acquaintances, this Mimmo continues to call people, someone always shows up…». And among these “acquaintances” there would be other Calabrian individuals. «(…) through this Mimmo Bosa, he has been in prison, he has these acquaintances in the world of Calabrians, every now and then maybe a character who knew Antonio, the cousin, would pop up, “No, we have to settle down, you have to take us into consideration”, understood?».
The “other” Calabrians
And when asked by prosecutor Dolci whether, in fact, “Mimmo Hammer” was close to some Calabrian individual, the ultra replied: «(…) Morabito, Mancuso, De Stefano, he knows them all, he knows everyone, you understand? (…) they came to the sports center to threaten me, this old Calabrian who I think was part of the Mancuso or Morabito family, and he came with this (…) and with the brother-in-law of (…) to the sports center to put pressure on me, right?». And he also explained his reasons to the prosecutors: «Because they said “You didn't help 'Mimmo Hammer', prisoner, you didn't help him, you didn't support him”. And I said, “But this guy wasn’t arrested for stadium stuff, he was arrested for his own business” (…) I personally gave a contribution, it’s not like I can take the money from the coffers, since he was arrested for going to do his own business (…) I told him, “Look, the Irriducibili are the only group that does merchandising and they don’t pay anything into the coffers of the Curva Nord, this agreement was made precisely to help your leader”». And when asked by the prosecutor Storari about how much he actually donated, Beretta replied: “I gave him 50, 100, maybe when I saw people near him, Pedro like that, “Hey, that’s 50 euros for…”, 100 euros”. ( g.curcio@corrierecal.it )
