(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 19 - "Today we remember the mafia massacre of D'Amelio, in which judge Paolo Borsellino and the officers of the escort died: Agostino Catalano, Vincenzo Li Muli, WalterEddie Cosina, Claudio Traina and Emanuela Loi. a hero of the Republic: together with Giovanni Falcone he struck hard blows at the top of the Cosa Nostra and laid the foundations for a new, modern and effective way of fighting the mafia.
The killing of Giovanni Falcone fifty-seven days earlier had not affected Borsellino's determination in carrying out the investigation into the Cosa Nostra.
His death remains a stain on our history and on our institutions that did not protect him ". Prime Minister Mario Draghi declares it." In celebrating Borsellino's work, his courage, his sense of duty and the state, we must continue in the search for the truth about the massacre mafia and intensify our commitment against the mafia.
It is the best way to commemorate those who lost their lives in the service of Italy, to show concrete closeness to their loved ones ", he concludes. (ANSA).