Giovanni Brusca, the former San Giuseppe Jato boss, is officially a free man. In fact, at the end of May, his four-year probation ordered by the probation judiciary ended, the last chapter of his judicial journey after a long imprisonment. Brusca was arrested in 1996 and spent 25 years in prison. His release from prison in 2021 aroused strong controversy in public opinion, including the decision to place him on probation. His name is linked to one of the darkest chapters in Italy's history: it was he, on May 23, 1992, who operated the remote control that blew up the highway near Capaci, resulting in the death of Judge Giovanni Falcone, his wife Francesca Morvillo and the men in his escort. His criminal record, however, includes dozens of murders. Among the most heinous is that of Giuseppe Di Matteo, the 12-year-old son of collaborator Santino Di Matteo. The boy was kidnapped in November 1993 to force his father to recant. After more than two years in captivity, debilitated and with no way out, Giuseppe was strangled and his body dissolved in acid on January 11, 1996. Brusca was sentenced to life in prison for that crime along with other mobsters. After an initial failed attempt, Brusca finally decided to cooperate with justice, thus accessing the benefits provided by law for collaborators. He will continue to live under protection and with a new identity away from Sicily.