Former repentant superboss Vincenzo Sarno arrested: 'The Mayor' is accused of murder
From
Internapoli Editorial Team
It is Vincenzo Sarno, known as 'o Sindaco, the collaborator of justice arrested by the Flying Squad of Naples on charges of murder aggravated by mafia methods.
Sarno, head of the clan of the same name from the early 1990s until 2010, is said to have instigated and carried out the murder of Gerardo Tubelli , which took place in Cercola on 5 January 1996: the victim was surprised near his home by a fire commando, of which the former boss was said to have been a part.
The investigations, conducted by the DDA, have reconstructed the dynamics and responsibilities relating to the murder, providing objective evidence to the statements made in this regard by numerous collaborators of Justice, including the self-incriminating ones made by Vincenzo 'O Sindaco himself.
The former boss had long since begun a fruitful phase of collaboration with the justice system, but recently his dangerousness had once again been discovered. Following a very recent check by the police, the man was found in possession of a gun and reported.
Furthermore, according to the statements of some collaborators of justice, Vincenzo Sarno would be constantly present in Naples, also with the intent of recovering sums of money that he himself would have entrusted in the past to third parties before starting his path of collaboration with Justice.
The murder of Gerardo Tubelli, dating back to almost 30 years ago, led to the arrest carried out yesterday by the Naples Flying Squad. But there is another investigation hanging over the head of Vincenzo Sarno and it concerns decidedly more recent facts: he was ready to return to his neighborhood to rebuild the clan, ready, investigators believe, "to kill women and children" to take revenge on rivals and to reunite what remains of the criminal group that once was "master" of Ponticelli.
The investigations revealed that Sarno was in contact with some members believed to be close to the 'ndrangheta Arena clan of Isola Capo Rizzuto.
