An old-school Sicilian mafia godfather who unjustly spent 10 ten years in prison in connection with the massacre of Via D’Amelio, in which anti-mafia magistrate Paolo Borsellino was murdered, and was exonerated of the crime and released in 2011 , was again arrested with five others on Saturday for mafia related crimes
Salvatore Profeta, 66, a reputed revered godfather of Cosa Nosta was arrested for allegedly overseeing a criminal organization engaging in extortion and other organized racketeering. Profeta’s son and nephew and three other men of honor were issued arrest warrants in prison
After his release from prison in 2012, Profeta was captured on audio and video surveillance in a secret meeting with mafia captains and soldiers where it was decided he would take over as boss of the family and reorganize the scattered ranks of Cosa Nostra in Palermo
The bugged meeting also sparked a prosecutors probe that led to the arrest of the powerful mafioso , who is so highly respected that dozens of people took to the streets in Palermo to salute and pay tribute to the Godfather, during his arrest on Saturday, while he was surrounded by police,
