Pasquale Simonetti
Pasquale Simonetti (; 26 February 1926 – 16 July 1955), known as ("big Pasquale from Nola"), was an Italian criminal of the
Camorra, a
Mafia-type organisation in
Naples and
Campania in Italy. His murder and, more specifically, the revenge killing by his widow
Pupetta Maresca of the man who ordered the murder, made headlines internationally and inspired a film, ''
La sfida'' (The Challenge), by the acclaimed Italian movie director
Francesco Rosi.
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