Shortly after Giuliano 's death on July 5 , 1950 , Pisciotta was captured and brought to trial for his crimes as a bandit . During the trial for the Portella della Ginestra massacre he made the startling revelation that it had been he who assassinated Giuliano in his sleep , a statement which contradicted the police account that Giuliano had been shot by Carabinieri captain Antonio Perenze in a gunfight in Castelvetrano . He claimed to have killed Giuliano on the instruction of Mario Scelba , then Minister of the Interior , and to have had an arrangement with Colonel Ugo Luca , the head of the anti-bandit force in Sicily , to collaborate on the condition that he should not be charged and that Luca would intervene in his favour if he were caught
Portella della Ginestra massacre
Portella della Ginestra massacre
Gaspare Pisciotta