Francesco Di Martino, 65, was killed by several gunshots in an ambush in Pimonte on the morning of 30 October 2026, according to Il Mattino.
The shooting took place in the Monti Lattari area, where Il Mattino describes a long-standing presence of organized crime. The dynamics, perpetrators and motive of the ambush were not yet established in the available report.
Il Mattino links the reported clan history in the area to the Afeltra-Di Martino group, with a presence across Gragnano, Pimonte and Agerola. According to the report, the group has been associated in investigations with extortion, drug trafficking and marijuana cultivation in the Monti Lattari.
The killing comes exactly two months after the assassination of Raffaele Afeltra, who was killed in the Zappino area near the road linking Pimonte and Agerola. The available report does not establish an investigative link between the two killings.
Separately, Il Mattino's English-language reporting identifies Francesco Di Martino, also known as "Uncle Ciccio," as a convicted criminal from the Monti Lattari area who was under investigation in the Carmine Zurlo murder case but was not in custody. The legal status and outcome of that investigation are not established by the acquired material.
No independent source was available to corroborate the initial account, and key details of the Pimonte ambush remain unresolved.
