 He was a victim in a series of murders staged by the Mafia in retaliation for the confirmation of the sentence of the Maxi Trial by the Italian Supreme Court in January 1992.In 1996, Giovanni Brusca was sentenced "in absentia" to a life sentence for the murder of Ignazio Salvo.The Salvos' ally Salvo Lima had been killed in March 1992, while their adversaries, the judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino had been killed in May and July 1992.