Salvatore “Salvo” Lima, who was an Italian politician from Sicily and one of the pillars of Mafia power in Palermo, was murdered by the Sicilian Mafia.
On March 12th, 1992, 64-year-old Salvo Lima was on his way to Palermo in his car when his tires were shot by a hitman on a motorcycle. After his car screeched to a halt, Lima attempted to flee, but the hitman chased and shot Lima in the back and neck.
According to Mafia defector Tommaso Buscetta, Lima allegedly promised his Cosa Nostra associates he would see to it that a Supreme Court judge with a reputation for overturning sentences against suspected Mafia members, was appointed prosecutor for the Maxi Trial, a criminal trial against the Sicilian Mafia, but the position was handed instead to another judge.
Mafia boss Salvatore Toto Riina greenlit the hit as an act of revenge following Lima’s failure.
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