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Thursday, November 14, 2024

Borsellino's Red Diary: A 32-Year-Old Italian Mystery

Published: 2024-07-19

Paolo Borsellino's red diary vanished on July 19, 1992, immediately after the car bomb explosion that killed the anti-mafia judge and five of his bodyguards in Palermo.

The leather diary, a gift from the Carabinieri, contained Borsellino's crucial findings from the last two months of his life, particularly regarding the Capaci massacre that claimed his close friend Giovanni Falcone's life.

Borsellino always carried this diary, even on his final, fatal journey.

For 32 years, the missing diary has symbolized denied truth and justice, becoming an enduring Italian mystery that continues to captivate the nation's attention.