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February 28, 2020: Murder at dawn in Belmonte Mezzagno, in the Palermo area. The victim is Agostino Alessandro Migliore, 45 years old. The man, who ran a supermarket, was killed while he was in his car, in his home. The carabinieri intervened on the spot. Agostino Alessandro is the brother of Giovanni Salvatore Migliore, one of the bosses arrested as part of the operation called "Cupola 2.0".

"We need to feel the presence of the institutions and the state, so far we have not felt it. We are worried. Absolutely. And frightened," said Salvatore Pizzo, mayor of Belmonte Mezzagno.
"The state is showing its presence here - he tells Adnkronos -. Because so far it seems that Belmonte Mezzagno has even disappeared from the map. Law enforcement agencies do an exceptional job, they are on the territory but the supra-municipal institutions are latitan".

In the large center on the outskirts of Palermo, where 12 thousand people live, today's one is the fourth made of blood: two murders and an attempted murder within a year preceded yet another trail of blood. Agostino Alessandro Migliore, uncensored, ran a supermarket. "He is a person who worked - says the mayor -. We always saw him at his supermarket. I can't say much more". The killers waited for him outside the house and fired several shots. Weapon investigators investigating the murder found eleven 7.65 caliber cartridges. His brother, Giovanni Migliore, is believed to be very close to Filippo Bisconti, former head of the mandate who then decided to jump over the ditch and collaborate with justice. And precisely in this proximity there could be the key to making sense of what seemed like a full-blown execution.

"The citizens of Belmonte Mezzagno need to feel the presence of the state and institutions - he reiterates -. I would like to see everyone around a table together to provide a security response to my fellow citizens". Otherwise, the risk for Pizzo is that of a tragic return to the past. "A past made of mafia wars, when you didn't leave home after a certain time. I worry that my fellow citizens may end up in a social solitude". An accusation, however, the mayor firmly rejects. "Belmonte is not a humane country. There is a strong voluntary movement and in recent years we have made many very participatory anti-Mafia demonstrations. It is a living country, which, however, is afraid", he concludes.