Three indictments for an "excellent" ambush that on 9 July 2003 risked disrupting, more than they were at the time, the internal structures of the powerful Mancuso gang in Limbadi and sowing chaos.

For the attempted murder of the boss Ciccio Mancuso (aka Tabacco), 63 years of Limbadi and for the murder of his lieutenant Raffaele Fiamingo, 44 years of Rombiolo (known as Lele the Viking), next 14 July - as ordered by the gup District - the 71-year-old boss Cosmo Mancuso (called Michelina or Cannuni) must appear before the judges of the Assize Court of Catanzaro ; Antonio Prenesti (aka Yo-yo), 54 years of Nicotera, and Domenico Salvatore Polito , 56 years of Vibo.

Cosmo Mancuso would have come into conflict with his nephew Ciccio Mancuso and hence the decision to ambush him while he was in the company of his "shoulder guard" Raffaele Fiammingo.