Cucchi, the Last Captain: "General Nistri should have resigned for the dignity of the weapon"

• The policeman tells the beating of Stefano Cucchi in the courtroom: "A slap, then a kick in the face"
• Cucchi, general Nistri in Ilaria: "Let there be full light, measures also against those who sank"
• Cucchi Process, German: I apologize to the family, silence had become unbearable
• Ilaria Cucchi on Nistri's letter: "It warmed my heart"

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"Rather than thinking of becoming a civil party in the Cucchi case, at this point it might have been more useful for the dignity of the Corps to resign, without so many misunderstandings and as a sign of discontinuity".

Colonel Sergio De Caprio - for all the Last Captain who put handcuffs on Totò Riina's wrists - refers to the general commander of the carabinieri, Giovanni Nistri. Of General Nistri - who wrote to Stefano's sister, Ilaria, hoping that "full light" on the case will be made as soon as possible - De Caprio therefore asks for a step back "for discontinuity. Because for ten years the summit of the Army has ignored and denied the 'Cucchi case' ", he told Ansa. "Now he realizes it. Someone will say 'better late than never', but no, it's too late. And we Carabinieri feel we are an injured party for this unjustifiable delay".

"The letters of General Nistri do not interest me. It is not a question of apologizing. I am interested in facts and facts are a very long silence. I do not say so, the calendar says so", says Ultimo, who is president of the newborn Italian military union (Sim) Carabinieri. "Does the weapon want to make 'full light'? We are talking about obviousness and banality. Violence must always be condemned and the perpetrators must be prosecuted, even if they are within our institution: in the end we have arrived, but with so much delay compared to the facts. Now we need to investigate and understand why the prosecutor is doing very well, "continues Colonel De Caprio, an official who has always been" against the tide ", passed from the Ros, to the Noe, to the Services, to the Forest Police:" Now I deal with orchids ", he jokes. "The Carabinieri union - insists Ultimo - is with the Cucchi family and all the victims of violence. No one will be able to instrumentally distance us from Ilaria Cucchi and her family. We have always been close to the victims and to the victims against all abuse and not service of other masters. From Carabinieri - he continues - we feel ourselves a party injured by the absence and inability of the top of the Army, which for ten years ignored and denied the very existence of the 'Cucchi case'. We would like to know why, how all citizens ".

"Now, finally, the veil of silences and delays is rising: compliments and gratitude to those who have succeeded", continues Colonel De Caprio, noting that the union will in turn be engaged in this action, because "we of this we take care of the inertia and delays, to create a better system and certainly not for looting ". Of one thing, however, Captain Ultimo is certain: "the Cucchi affair will not destroy the Italians' confidence in the Carabinieri, a healthy body. The Arma is reliable, as demonstrated by the commitment of every day , of every carabiniere. And the people know it. Here the question is another and it is clear and clear: that after ten years even the summit of the weapon is pleasing to us, but we are perplexed ".