Gilberto Cavallini
"was anything but a 'spontaneist' confined to an autonomous terrorist cell. Despite his maniacal reserve, his name has appeared in many scenarios, directly and / or incidentally".
Thus the Court of Assizes of Bologna motivating the sentence that a year ago sentenced the fourth Nar to life imprisonment for participation in the
Massacre of 2 August 1980
.
"It is clear that Cavallini, with his 'connections', was fully aware of the subversive designs that involved terrorism and deviant institutions", the Court continues.
"Gilberto Cavallini is therefore guilty even in the only 'minimal' hypothesis of the logistical and facilitating contribution given by the hospitality he granted to the Mambro-Fioravanti duo".
Wondering why Cavallini was sent to trial for massacre only in 2017, the judges underline: that "the facilitating contribution was also supplemented by the simple hospitality granted to the attacker" was "of immediate perception even for the layman. 38 years ago "
Gilberto Cavallini "knew perfectly well that a massacre like that of August 2 would still be framed in a destabilizing project that involved the democratic state at its root, with a view to reaffirming an authoritarian state that could constitute the first step towards the restoration of a Reich-type state, which he openly idolized ".
This is what the Bologna Court of Assizes highlighted in a passage of the 2,118 pages of motivations for the sentence.
"Such awareness would already be sufficient to establish his responsibility for political massacre - the judges still write - pursuant to article 285 of the criminal code".
Retracing Cavallini's criminal career, the Court underlines that "he had contacts with Fachini, Signorelli, Maggi, Soffiati (just to mention the most important names), enjoyed coverages in Argentina and Bolivia, had protected accounts in Switzerland, killed people like Mario Amato and Francesco Straullu who were conducting 360-degree investigations on the collusion between subversion and the Services, participated in punitive expeditions, worked to defend a silence that far exceeded his (apparent) position, had telephone numbers highly confidential that led back to intelligence ".