Piera Aiello, the first protected witness who revealed being a widow oppressed by the Italian mafia

Rome (Italy), Nov 15 (EFE). - (Camera: Miguel Salvatierra) Piera Aiello is 56 years old and has been fighting against the mafia for over 30 years, since 1991 when she reported the killers of her husband because she did not want to live "subdued" or be an "accomplice" to organized crime like "the widows of the mafia" in Sicily (southern Italy). SOUNDBITES OF PIERA AIELLO, ANTI-MAFIA COLLABORATOR, IN ITALIAN. TRANSLATION:

"I continue my pilgrimage even today. Many kids write to me, they understand. I hope the new generation can cut off the arms of this octopus.""As long as these old chameleons continue, it will be difficult.""The problem arises when the State is not in any territory. When it is absent, people, out of hunger or pure ignorance, because they truly ignore what the issue is, allow this myth to persist.""If you look at the programs of the political forces, there is no mention of anti-mafia.""I do not forget that collaborators have done so much harm, but Falcone and Borsellino made us understand that if it weren't for them, we wouldn't know in the maxi trial. We must protect not only the collaborators but also their children.""It has been both good and terrible. I have deposited two laws. One for witnesses and collaborators to systematize people's laws, and the other for victims of organized crime.""We are in a country where there is a rubber wall. The answers are not known. It is not known who killed Borsellino.""With all the strategies that have been implemented in Italy, we do not know if there is a certain truth.""28 years with another name and not letting myself be photographed.""I am made up of steps. I have had the fortune to find a person who loves me, whom I have chosen. I have formed a family again. I have a beautiful family. That supports everything I do.""Currently, even today, my children are not children of Piera Aiello. The State does not recognize them as children of Piera Aiello. They are still the children of that other person."