born september disappeared september italian investigative journalist originally supporter fascist regime eventually journalist left leaning newspaper disappeared september body found disappearance probable death journalist known result investigative reporting remains mysteries italian history explanations disappearance current related death president italy state owned oil gas discovered drug trafficking sicily united_states explanation links disappearance planned right wing coup état plan failed december apparently convinced got hold story lifetime disappearance told colleagues newspaper going shake italy fascist past born father belonged family doctors living generations mother came naples math teacher younger brother born march politician minister education supporter fascist regime armistice september choose follow hard line fascist regime german held northern italy german military occupation rome vice commander police commander informant captain colonel member special unit variety etc managed infiltrate resistance organizations rome milan hunt partisans wife volunteered join brutal anti partisan force command prince known black prince worked journal propaganda unit military formation arrested liberation milan april escaped prison camp december took refuge naples young wife daughters named accused having participated massacre march people executed court journalist sicily moved sicily assumed worked local newspapers started working communist oriented paper journalists presence newspaper supporter bitter end fought brutal war anti fascist partisans nose broken partisans joined group crack investigative reporters mid-1950s 1970s left leaning newspaper hit national spotlight investigations ties corrupt politicians golden years investigations signed journalists like exercise skills successful investigative reporter wrote drug trafficking sack construction boom 1950s 1960s led destruction city green belt ancient published articles mafia politics winners important italian journalism awards crime investigations publish detailed map confirmed years later mafia testimony judge january published series articles testimony medical doctor member mafia arrest arrested disclosed membership testified mafia activities mafia document neglected republished revelations target mafia walking corpse said forced forgive journalist death suspicion opportunity pay death sentence temporarily suspended affair investigated mysterious death powerful president italy state owned oil gas died suspicious circumstances plane crash october controversial tenure enemies tried break seven sisters term coined refer dominant oil companies mid-20th century oil import deal soviet_union middle cold war intense protests nato supporting independence movements colonial powers algeria described obstacle classified report french forgive business pro independence movement algeria responsibility death attributed cia french extreme nationalist group september investigating case request movie director movie affair released convinced aircraft looked possible links mafia crash days disappearance interviewed christian democrat politician right hand man sicily head public relations knew knew mafia boss best man wedding airplane day crashed convinced got hold story lifetime disappearance told colleagues newspaper going shake italy disappearance kidnapped evening september coming home work thousands police helicopters dogs sicily vain search reporter body found victim called despite intensive search efforts police assisted level forces rome special investigative committee years investigations disappearance police followed widely leads colonel captain work case years later different circumstances murdered mafia focused lead drug trafficking according journalist victim discovering leads drug trafficking mafia sicily united_states inquiries police instead focused lead investigations death prompted disappearance pages notes tape speech given office investigations seriously hampered people italian police forces secret services according police inspector ministry rome want death according order scale investigation issued head secret service allegedly involved coup contact wanted support coup scheduled december italian mystery disappearance remained mystery matter mafia declared involved murder claimed killed investigations death according killed request oil policies damaged important american interests middle_east turn possibly favour large oil companies claimed killing organized mafia bosses request born mafia boss philadelphia declared special agreement achieved foreigners elimination organized statements triggered new inquiries including corpse claimed mafia boss organized kidnap investigations death came close mafia role affair declared killed learned fascist friends prince planning coup état called like minded army officers determined stop considered italy drift left started collaborate italian authorities arrest october said journalist killed investigative reporting damaged mafia order killing came heads according kidnapped santa maria family according remains buried bridge river near police search find body later explained ordered dig bodies bridge dissolve acid according new testimony taken terrain neighbourhood mafia boss owned chicken farm killed dumped pit murder trial result judicial inquiry reopened april years disappearance trial murder started mafia boss bosses remaining defendant killed second mafia war died prison april new mafia testified trial saying journalist killed mafia orders journalist known kidnapped killed mafia wanted know sources confidential potentially devastating information public prosecutor told court closing speech march death sentence passed convergence elements said decided eliminate public murder result research landmark movie fact journalist uncovered plans staging mafia backed far right coup état thanks wartime fascist connections busy elements plot death stopped uncovered according element death fact knew inception subversive project involving spies mafia groups stage said sources circles past crack unit tip offs mafia boss knew crime motives events concerned friends rome headed emerged documents retrieved mayor murder backgrounds individuals allied mafia corrupt public officials killed revenge prevent harm mafia mafia execute instructions investigations affected powers associated according said investigations trial unearthed institutional cover initial probe disappearance mystery continues june acquitted charges ordering kidnap killing insufficient evidence certainly surprise reasons ruling said daughter journalist upset years answer happened day explanation ruling public august judges decided died gone far quest truth hours sicily pointed possible man killing clear conviction died june prosecution requested life term appealed appeal trial began april january confirmed court considered convinced involvement murder attributed murder group headed identified likely motive discovery journalist important facts death president insufficient evidence involvement contradictory evidence lack clarity evidence gathered conflicting statements government witnesses particular prosecution expected appeal court instance disappearance likely death remains mysteries italian history writer summarized puzzle death said right thing wrong man wrong thing right man
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