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'Ndrangheta, the disputed land in Isola Capo Rizzuto and the intervention of the gang to avoid "fratricidal" clashes
The episode recounted in the Folgore-Blizzard investigation. Luigi Masciari's role as mediator and the stigma for those who turn to the State
Published: 04/16/2025 – 11:02
ISOLA CAPO RIZZUTO Two “litigators” and a disputed land, the risk of a new internal feud within the clan avoided thanks to the intervention of the members of the Isola Capo Rizzuto clans. It is the 'ndrangheta that tries to maintain peace on the territory , resolving intricate issues that arise above all because of the unscrupulousness of the new generations. And whoever turns to the State is almost stigmatized and branded as a “carabiniere” . An emblematic episode emerges from the Folgore Blizzard investigation regarding a disputed land between Antonio Bruno , considered by investigators to be the heir of the Milanese boss Mimmo Pompeo , and another individual from Isola Capo Rizzuto. The investigators reconstruct the story in full, demonstrating the gang's modus operandi in resolving the issue, thus avoiding potential tensions and nipping the protagonists' warlike intentions in the bud.
The disputed land
The object of the dispute is a piece of land in Isola Capo Rizzuto, “claimed” by Antonio Bruno who allegedly claimed ownership of it, despite the other “contender” being in possession of paper documents that, however, were deemed “false”. Bruno also filed a complaint against him with the police, a gesture that apparently irritated both the “reported” who “resented the boss” and the men of the gang who preferred to resolve the issue internally. Luigi Masciari, arrested in the operation, also took an interest in the matter and apparently took on the role of mediator to try to resolve the problem in favor of Bruno, who in his opinion was “a good person who made money”. But even Masciari’s “embassy” was initially in vain, so much so that a third person linked to the clan was involved. It is from him that the invitation to resolve the issue comes because “we are all among ourselves” . «A reference – the investigators write – to the criminal connection to the same membership in the Isolitana gang and an explicit invitation not to fuel “fratricidal” clashes».
Threats and risk of violence
“Fratricidal” tensions that the “old guard” did not like at all. Luigi Masciari himself, discussing with a third person, agrees with him that « today’s youth is no good , clearly alluding to the mentality of the new generations». In subsequent meetings, faced with the “resistance” of the contender, Antonio Bruno reportedly told Masciari «that he had dissuaded a group of people linked to him from going down to Isola Capo Rizzuto to resolve the situation». Above all, that after the death of Mimmo Pompeo he now « had taken command and would send some Albanians to have him killed ». Threats that would have reached his ears too, but it is always Masciari who tries to calm the situation, mindful of the long trails of blood dating back to the period of feuds in the Crotone area, «underlining that his intention was to ensure peace in Isola, evoking a period in which he used to use armored vehicles to drive around the aforementioned municipality during the feud ».
The solution to the problem
But neither the threats nor the attempts at mediation by several members of the gang manage to resolve the issue, with the individual – the investigators underline – who «had not intended to change his attitude». Paradoxically, the one who resolved the issue would have been the Catanzaro Prosecutor's Office which, with an operation launched in October 2023, would have changed the criminal balance in Isola Capo Rizzuto, involving «individuals close to the parties involved». It was precisely the new situation that would have convinced the contender to return the land, resolving the issue. ( ma.ru. )
