Giuseppe Ayala
Giuseppe Ayala
Giuseppe Ayala (born May 18, 1945 in Caltanissetta) is an Italian politician and magistrate.
A member of the Democratic Alliance and Italian Republican Party in the 1990s before he joined the Democrats of the Left in 1998. He was known as an "anti-Mafia" magistrate,[1] and had functioned as an "anti-Mafia" judge. He raised doubts about whether it was only the mafia that was involved in the killing of Giovanni Falcone.[2]
In 1993 he published a book entitled La guerra dei giusti: I giudici, la mafia, la politica (The war of the righteous: The judges, the mafia, politics), detailing his experiences in politics and his encounters with the mafia.[3]
References
- ↑ L.A. Times, "Loophole Sets Mafiosi Free in Italy", February 22 1991. Retrieved December 2 2010.
- ↑ Baltimore Sun, "Breakthrough in slaying of judge is mixed triumph Battle with Mafia raises questions", November 14 1993. Retrieved December 2 2010.
- ↑ La guerra dei giusti : i giudici, la mafia, la politica on Worldcat.org
External links
- Official homepage of Giuseppe Ayala (in Italian)
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