In the serene oncology ward of L'Aquila Hospital, Matteo Messina Denaro, the infamous mafia head, confronts his final battles. As death looms, an embittered reflection arises: how many of those who make history are truly remembered? This, the chronicles tell us, is the question Messina Denaro posed to his attending physician.
Giovanni Falcone, Francesca Morvillo, Paolo Borsellino, and the brave men and women who stood beside them knew they were destined to die. Yet, young Giuseppe Di Matteo, son of the turncoat Santino Di Matteo, had no choice. By Messina Denaro's decree, he was abducted, cruelly condemned to death, and ultimately dissolved in acid after two years of captivity. This is the tragic reality of the mafia, a realm of both heroes and victims.
When the doctor responds to Messina Denaro, stating that the percentage of those genuinely remembered is surely less than 5%, the Castelvetrano boss, oscillating between moments of lucidity and delirium, retorts with a certain pride: "Doctor, for you and for me, a place in history is reserved. Just as you are a master in your field, I too have left a mark in mine."
Outliving his pursuers, Messina Denaro spent his existence in a clandestine world. Now, frail and ailing, he lies amidst doctors and nurses who tended to him in the hospital corridors and prison halls.
Court hearings are scheduled - the latest in Marsala just three days ago - yet medical treatments have ceased. There is no hope of recovery, only pain management. In Marsala, the trial of Matteo Messina Denaro commenced, involving two investigations by the District Anti-Mafia Directorate of Palermo - "Annozero" on the "families" of Trapani and "Hydi" on those of Agrigento - in which the Cosa Nostra boss had been implicated. However, his position was severed during the preliminary hearing. No communication has been received regarding his health. The former fugitive is accused of issuing directives, via written correspondence, thereby constituting the decisive mafia reference point for the most significant illicit activities and affairs orchestrated by Cosa Nostra in the provinces of Trapani and various other regions of Sicily.
As the end draws near, Messina Denaro clings to the idea of leaving a lasting imprint on the nation's memory, in his own way. This is the harrowing epitaph of a man who chose to remain loyal to his mafioso ideals until the end, without remorse or admission of guilt.
In an attempt to reach his daughter, Lorenza Messina Denaro, the boss has made an appearance in the hospital. But his current condition, marked by suffering and medication, is certainly not the image he wishes to leave with the young woman now bearing his name.
In these hours of fragility, it is Dr. Marinangeli who must represent the State, offering Messina Denaro relief from pain. It is a delicate task, but it is what the State must do, standing on the right side of history, in contrast to the mafia that left only death and destruction in its wake.
In this oncology ward, amid the silent corridors, the final chapter of Messina Denaro's saga is being written - an ending that underscores the distinction between right and wrong, between mafia and State, between those who will be remembered as heroes and those as perpetrators.
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