Two Sicilian mafia bosses have been given new life sentences for a 1969 massacre.
Bernardo Provenzano and Salvatore 'Toto' Riina, who are already in jail, were convicted of involvement in a shootout in Palermo that left six people dead.
Provenzano, who is now 76, and Riina, 78, were part of a gang that dressed up as police officers to kill their rivals in the office of a real estate firm, a shooting that was dubbed the ‘Viale Lazio Massacre.’
The victims were four members of a gang led by Michele Cavataio, one of the Riina gang and a security man.
Cavataio’s body has never been found.
A court in Palermo sentenced the two men, the only surviving members of the commando, to life in prison for the massacre.
Riina, nicknamed ‘The Beast’, led the Cosa Nostra until his arrest in January 1993. He has since been given some 15 life sentences for a variety of crimes.
Provenzano, who succeeded Riina as Cosa Nostra boss, was detained in 2006 after more than 40 years on the run from the time of his first indictment for murder in 1963. He has been handed a dozen life sentences.
