April 6, 1940 - Salvatore Scaglione
Scaglione rose to lead one of Palermo's central Mafia borgatas during a period of intense internal violence within Cosa Nostra, when control over urban territory carried both economic and lethal stakes. His tenure as boss of the Noce placed him at the center of a criminal structure that was consolidating power across Sicily through the 1970s and into the early 1980s. He died in 1982, the same year the Second Mafia War reached its bloodiest apex.
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Salvatore Scaglione (10 April 1940 in Palermo – 30 November 1982 in San Giuseppe Jato) was a member of the Sicilian Mafia. He was the boss of the Noce, a neighborhood in central Palermo, since the early 1970s. In 1974, he became a member of the reconstructed Sicilian Mafia Commission. His nickname was "U Pugilista", referring to the fact he was involved in professional boxing in his youth. Together with Stefano Bontade, Salvatore Inzerillo and Rosario Riccobono, he was considered one of the main rivals of the Corleonesi of Salvatore Riina during the Second Mafia War in Palermo. He was killed by the Corleonesi on 30 November 1982.
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