Why Is Giuliano Considered The Last Bandit?

Salvatore Giuliano, or the “Last Bandit”, was born in Montelepre to a peasant family close to Palermo. He became the most dangerous and well-known bandit of all time. His banditry started in the fall following the allied invasion during WWII, when he was caught with black-market grain by a carabinieri he shot and killed the carabinieri and ran off. He was not directly involved with the mafia; however, he was initiated into the mafia, to ensure his loyalty to them. The main differentiator between Giuliano and other bandits was his forthgoing and public political involvement. Giuliano originally joined the separatist group for the money and benefits; however, when the separatist group began to lose power, Giuliano openly said that he was going
Giuliano’s reasoning for the massacre was speculated to be involved with the Minister of Interior, Mario Scelba; however, he stated that he acted alone and that there was no one behind him. He also stated that he did not intend to kill the people, rather just shoot above their heads; however, this can easily be displaced as a lie, for the sheer number of bullets that were fired. Following this event, the Christian Democrats started gaining more power which caused Giuliano to lose support because he was a more radical anti-communist while the Christian Democrats were just an opposing political force. As the Christian Democrats gain power through legal/moral ways, this eliminated any need for the immoral ways that Giuliano used to gain power and eliminate communist forces/opposition. In the end Giuliano was ultimately killed while he was sleeping in bed, most likely, by his cousin and Lieutenant Gaspare Pisciotta. It is theorized that Pisciotta was told to kill Giuliano by Scelba, most likely due to Giuliano having claimed that he had information against Scelba. This information that Giuliano had was most likely around the massacre Giuliano