Editing Mariano Agate

[[File:Placeholder|right|300px]]Mariano Agate was a member of the [[Mafia]]. He was the boss of [[Mazara del Vallo]] Mafia family since the 1970s when he replaced the old boss [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mariano_Licari&action=edit&redlink=1 Mariano Licari]. He also was the boss of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandamento mandamento] of Mazara, including the Mafia families of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsala Marsala], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salemi Salemi] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vita,_Italy Vita]. Agate was a member of "Iside", one of the most powerful local [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masonic Masonic] lodges.

In the 1980s Agate supported the [[Corleonesi]] faction during the [[Second Mafia War]] and became the most important ally of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tot%C3%B2_Riina Totò Riina] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Trapani province of Trapani]. He also became a member of the [[Sicilian Mafia Commission]].

Agate was arrested in 1982 for heroin trafficking. In 1985 he was sentenced to life for several murders, including those of judge Giacomo Ciaccio Montalto and the mayor of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castelvetrano Castelvetrano], Vito Lipari. Agate was arrested again in 1992, after his release the year before. He has been sentenced for life for the murders of the Antimafia judges [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Falcone Giovanni Falcone] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_Borsellino Paolo Borsellino].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariano_Agate#cite_note-1 [1]]</sup>

In the 1990s, members of his clan worked together with the 'Ndrangheta clan headed by [[Giuseppe Morabito]] from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africo Africo] to import [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashish hashish] from Morocco and cocaine from Latin America.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-dia2000b_2-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariano_Agate#cite_note-dia2000b-2 [2]]</sup>

Despite being jailed, in 2004 he was accused of running an international cocaine trafficking ring with several [['Ndrangheta]] clans (the Marando, Trimboli and Barbaro clans from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plat%C3%AC Platì] in particular), supported by his son [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Epifanio_Agate&action=edit&redlink=1 Epifanio Agate] and [[Salvatore Miceli]], a fugitive in Colombia. Although incarcerated under the strict [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_41-bis_prison_regime 41-bis prison regime] he instructed his son on how to run the business.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-mes010603_3-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariano_Agate#cite_note-mes010603-3 [3]]</sup>

Agate died at home on April 3, 2013. He had been granted house arrest for serious health reasons. Agate was ill for some time with cancer. The authorities banned a public funeral to guarantee public order and security.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-gdm040413_4-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariano_Agate#cite_note-gdm040413-4 [4]]</sup>
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