Giovan Battista Badalamenti, 69 years old, brother of Martino, the boss of Torretta serving a life sentence, managed to escape the arrest order issued on Wednesday and the raid by the SCO and the FBI. It was he who said that the mandate would be entrusted to the old mafioso Francesco Rappa and also who spoke about Matteo Messina Denaro.
Since Wednesday morning there has been no trace of him, neither in Torretta, nor in Palermo nor in the United States.
It was him who demonstrated his belonging to the Torretta clan and his closeness to Vito Vitale, head of the Partinico district with his brother Leonardo.
Investigators are looking for him and it is likely that the Palermo DDA will make an extradition request to the United States, where the suspect could be. And Badalamenti could soon go from wanted status to fugitive status.
