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Notorious Sicilian mafia boss Nitto Santapaola dies in prison at 87
Santapaola was convicted for orchestrating killings of judges and a journalist and spent over 30 years in prison under Italy’s strict 41bis regime, authorities said.
- On Monday, Benedetto 'Nitto' Santapaola died in jail aged 87 while incarcerated in the San Paolo hospital medical department in Milan.
- Known as il cacciatore, Benedetto 'Nitto' Santapaola rose through Catania, Sicily's Mafia ranks in the 1970s before his 1993 capture and more than 30 years imprisoned.
- Court records show Santapaola was convicted for the 1984 murder of journalist Pippo Fava and implicated in the May 1992 car bombing that killed judge Giovanni Falcone.
- Earlier, he was convicted over the 1982 killing of Alfio Ferlito, fellow Catania mobster, and three police officers during a prison transfer.
- Held under the 41‑bis regime, Santapaola was jailed to block criminal orders, instituted after the two judges were killed, according to prison authorities.
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Great Yorkshire RadioNotorious Sicilian mafia boss behind multiple murders has died in prison
Benedetto "Nitto" Santapaola led the Cosa Nostra mafia in the eastern Sicilian city of Catania from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. He was connected to a series of mafia massacres that plagued Italy in the 1980s and 1990s.
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