January 18, 1942 - Pasquale Barra
A senior hitman within the Nuova Camorra Organizzata, he carried out killings with a frequency and method that earned him a reputation even within a criminal organization built on violence. The figure of 67 men killed while incarcerated places him in a category that goes beyond organized crime activity and into something closer to sustained, systematic elimination. His eventual decision to become a pentito in 1982 made him the first NCO member to cooperate with Italian authorities, giving prosecutors a rare internal perspective on the Camorra's inner workings.
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Pasquale Barra (Italian pronunciation: [paˈskwaːle ˈbarra]; 18 January 1942 – 27 February 2015) was an Italian Camorrista who was a senior member and hitman for the Nuova Camorra Organizzata (NCO), a Camorra organisation in Naples. Barra has the distinction of being the first NCO member to become a pentito, when he decided to collaborate with Italian Justice in 1982.
Barra sported numerous nicknames, both self-appointed and those given to him. The first one was 'o Studente ("the Student"), which was given to him by Cutolo during his years as a student in Ottaviano. Then there was his public nickname, 'o Nimale ("the Animal"), which was allegedly given to him by the Italian media. The third one was Alias, a self-appointed war name. He killed 67 men in jail.
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