Sicilian Mafia informant Francesco Marino Mannoia
(AGI) Palermo – Francesco Marino Mannoia, a former member of the Sicilian Mafia Santa Maria di Gesù family who became a major mob rat against his borgata boss Stefano Bontade, and eventually against the Sicilian faction of the New York Gambino Crime Family and entered the witness protection program in the United States has tried to commit suicide.
After 16 years under protection by the US Marshall Service for his testimoney in the pizza connection case , Mannoia returned to Italy and tried to kill himself for the second time in three months. He is coming to terms with the new informant protection system – now obliged to live no longer on almost 9,000 dollars a month, but on 900 Euros a month. Mannoia has had a clash with the Central Offfice of the protection program.
He tried to kill himself once before and was hospitalized. He has tried to kill himself again with a cocktail of drugs in the hotel where he is living under the protection program. He was rescued by his wife, Rita Simoncini.
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