Cesare Manzella

He was the head of the Mafia family in Cinisi, a small seaside town near the Punta Raisi Airport.

[1] After a stay in the United States, where he had spent many years organising gambling houses in Chicago, Manzella settled back in Cinisi after he was expelled by US authorities in 1947.

“He is cunning and has a well-developed organisational ability, which enables him to enjoy an undisputed ascendancy over local criminals and mafiosi.” [2] Not only in Cinisi but also in the surrounding communities Carini, Torretta, Terrasini, Partinico, Borgetto and Camporeale.

The shipment was financed by Manzella, the Greco cousins from Ciaculli and the La Barbera brothers from Palermo Centre.

[3] Pieces of Manzella's body were found stuck to lemon trees hundreds of meters from the crater where the car had been.

Cinisi 's mafiosi at the festivities in honour of Santa Fara , the patroness of Cinisi , in 1952. From left: Leonardo Pandolfo [ it ] , Cesare Manzella, Luigi Impastato [ it ] and Masi Impastato , Sarino and Gaetano Badalamenti .