e car and ran, he fell face down. He was neatly shot in the skull from behind. Just as there are friends of the mafia, sworn to protect Cosa Nostras interests, there are enemies, sworn in to stop the mafia, within the boundaries of the law. Enemy number one of the Mafia, Judge Giovanni Falcone, was the most famous anti-mafia martyr. He orchestrated the maxi-trials of 1986-1987 which, for the first time, convicted the entire leadership of the Cosa Nostra. And as Andreotti put it, The mafia never forgets. One day in June, on a private retreat to his summerhouse in Addaura, he noticed a skin-divers black adidas bag. When his security escorts looked in it, they found fifty-eight sticks of dynamite. No one was supposed to know that Falcone was there. That night, Guilo Andreotti called to congratulate him on his narrow escape. Falcone wasnt at all reassured. Andreotti had just marked him for death. He then called his family and told them thatwhen I am killed you will have to find out who sent the first wreath of flowers to be placed on the coffin. It is a widespread custom in mafia crimes(45 Robb) Four days after hearing that, on May 23rd, Falcone and his wife flew to Palermo for the weekend on a secret flight. The plane landed in the evening, and the Falcones were greeted by their 3-car escort, complete with seven bodyguards. The Falcones were in the middle car, and a helicopter flew ahead of the whole convoy to oversee the route. They didnt count on the 500kg of plastic explosives that had been hidden under the bridge they were to pass. The explosion killed the bodyguards in the first car instantly, the last cars occupants were only slightly injured. And Falcone died when they got him to the hospital. Paolo Borsellino, a judge in the same city, and a good friend, got to the emergency room in time to see Falcone die. Borsellino came out and embraced his family, crying. They cried too, because they had heard him s...
