Pasquale Di Buono was killed by shotgun fire in Acerra on 10 August 1989. According to Metropolis Web, investigators have now reopened the case, reportedly connecting it to a conversation intercepted on 18 November 2025.
The reported reconstruction centers on Giovanni Lombardo. According to investigators cited in the report, Lombardo was outside Campobasso prison on a six-day leave when the attack occurred and returned to prison at 21:55 that evening. The report alleges that he organized and took part in the killing during that absence.
The prosecution alleges premeditated voluntary homicide aggravated by mafia purposes, committed with unidentified accomplices. The alleged motive was Di Buono's opposition to Cuono Crimaldi, whom investigators say ordered the killing.
The information available remains an investigative and prosecutorial reconstruction, not a final conviction. The full procedural status of the case and any subsequent judicial review have not been established in the reporting acquired so far.
