Several other questions remain unanswered. One is whether Mr Riina was ever truly replaced as Cosa Nostra’s boss of bosses; the overheard mobsters appeared to view him as the ultimate authority still. Another is why Mr Lo Presti died. Could he not face the prison regime that awaits Mafia bosses? Or did he fear something else? According to leaks from the investigation, Mr Lo Presti led a faction at odds with the strategy endorsed from jail by the 78-year-old Mr Riina, whose other nickname is “The Beast”.
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