 In 1952, Pasquale Cuntrera and his brother-in-law Leonardo Caruana were indicted for a double murder, the theft of four cows and arson.Both were acquitted in 1953 "per non aver commesso il fatto" – not having committed the act – an almost ritual verdict where Mafia crimes were concerned in the 1950s and 1960s and 1970s.A 1966 police report concluded Siculiana had been ruled by mafiosi for years.