Mauro De Mauro | |
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 De Mauro in 1970 | |
| Born | 6 September 1921 Foggia, Italy |
| Disappeared | 16 September 1970 (aged 49) Palermo, Italy |
| Status | Missing for 54 years, 1 month and 28 days |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Known for | Investigative journalism |
| Relatives | Tullio De Mauro (brother) |
Mauro De Mauro (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmauro de ˈmauro]; 6 September 1921 – disappeared 16 September 1970) was an Italian investigative journalist. Originally a supporter of Benito Mussolini's Fascist regime, De Mauro eventually became a journalist with the left-leaning newspaper L'Ora in Palermo. He disappeared in September 1970 and his body has never been found. The disappearance and probable death of the "inconvenient journalist" (giornalista scomodo), as he became known as a result of his investigative reporting, remains one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in modern Italian history.
Several explanations for De Mauro's disappearance are current. One is related to the death of Enrico Mattei, the president of Italy's state-owned oil and gas conglomerate Eni. Another is that De Mauro had discovered a drug trafficking network between Sicily and the United States. A third explanation links his disappearance with the Golpe Borghese, a 1970 foiled right-wing coup d'état. De Mauro was apparently convinced that he had got hold of a story of a lifetime and had told colleagues at L'Ora, "I have a scoop that is going to shake Italy."[1][2]
- ^ Revealed: how story of Mafia plot to launch coup cost reporter his life Archived 25 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine, The Independent on Sunday, 19 June 2005
- ^ (in Italian) De Mauro ucciso per uno scoop: scoprì il patto tra boss e golpisti Archived 22 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine, La Repubblica, 18 June 2005