Anna Sergi said Messina Denaro’s arrest would pose new problems for the organisation.
“It’s very unlikely that he was dictating strategy, but he had a role in keeping the identity of the Cosa Nostra alive,” she added. “He was the symbolic gatekeeper, the glue of the organisation. Unless someone can have the same charisma, the same power of aggregation, it’s unlikely that the Cosa Nostra can come out of this untouched.”
it would be true if it were a genuine arrest, but Baiardo's statements suggest otherwise
yes but according to a doctor he did try to escape.
some carabinieri in war gear, he escaped, went out to the bar and they caught him. He tried to escape to the bar and there was a lot of commotion ” .
when the carabinieri asked him who he was he immediately replied 'I'm Messina Denaro', I don't think he tried to escape in fact the carabinieri did not tell it. Baiardo practically said that they would arrest him on the same day as Riina because there is still an ongoing negotiation with the state. Baiardo managed the Graviano brothers while they were on the run, so he sends messages
