A Sardinian in Alain Orsoni's past: the super-repentant "executed" for the death of the brother of the former Corsican nationalist leader

Alain Orsoni had expected his death, and yesterday afternoon's execution, according to the Specialized Interregional Prosecutor's Office (JIRS) in Marseille, was a foretold execution. The murder of the former leader of the Corsican Liberation Front (FLNC) will be the first investigation by the newly established National Prosecutor's Office against Organized Crime in France. Orsoni's execution, which took place during his mother's funeral in Vero, southern Corsica, is not a crime like any other, and the personal history of the Corsican separatist militant, which will now be reconstructed by French anti-mafia prosecutors, also includes a Sardinian, Salvatore Contini.

Alain Orsoni became the leader of the FLNC (a movement he later left) in 1983, after the killing of his brother Guy. For Corsican independentists, one of those responsible for Guy Orsoni's death was Sardinian Salvatore Contini. Tore Contini, a bus driver from Olbia, is the most notorious informer of the Gallurese Anonymous, who ended up in prison in Ajaccio after collaborating with Italian prosecutors. He had admitted to participating in several kidnappings. But the Corsicans aren't interested; the nationalists blame him for Guy Orsoni's kidnapping, torture, and death.

On June 7, 1984, a commando entered the Ajaccio penitentiary, and Contini was killed by multiple shots from a .44 Magnum pistol. A tragic and unexplained story; according to some Corsican newspapers, French intelligence played a role in Guy Orsoni's elimination. Everyone the nationalists believed to be involved in the young man's murder was eliminated. And now, 42 years later, a sniper has killed Guy's brother, Alain. The former separatist leader, former president of Ajaccio Calcio, and former politician, was struck in the heart in front of his mother's coffin.