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Sicilian mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro has died

Italian Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, who was arrested in January after spending 30 years on the run, has died. His health had worsened significantly before his capture.
Messina Denaro, known as "the last Godfather", had organized the kidnapping of Giuseppe Di Matteo to intimidate the boy's father.
Despite his arrest, Messina Denaro did not give any information to the police.

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Times of India

Matteo Messina Denaro, the mafia boss who gave Italy sleepless nights - Matteo Messina Denaro dies

Italian Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, who had made Italian cops and authorities go berserk in his times, has died of cancer, officials said on Monday. Messina Denaro, who was on the run for 30 long years, was arrested in January this year. As per Reuters, the 61-year-old was suffering from cancer of the colon at the time of his arrest. As his condition worsened in recent weeks, he was transferred to a hospital from the maximum-security jail …

2 months ago·India

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BBC News

Messina Denaro: Notorious Italian Mafia boss dies

The 61-year-old, who spent decades on the run, boasted that he could "fill a cemetery" with his victims.

2 months ago·United Kingdom

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News18 India

Sicilian Mafia Boss Matteo Denaro, Who Was Once Italy's Most-Wanted, is Dead

Matteo Messina Denaro: Explore the chilling legacy of ruthless Sicilian Mafia assassin, and his capture after 30 years on the run

2 months ago·India

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The Guardian

Matteo Messina Denaro, ‘last godfather’ of Sicilian mafia, dies after long illness, reports say

Cosa Nostra boss, 61, had been in hiding since 1993 and was arrested in January while attending hospitalMatteo Messina Denaro, the “last godfather” of the Sicilian mafia and who was accused of orchestrating some of the most heinous crimes perpetrated by the Cosa Nostra, has died after a long illness, Italian media have reported.National news agency ANSA announced his death overnight on Sunday. L’Aquila mayor Pierluigi Biondi confirmed Denaro’s d…

2 months ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Hindu

On the run for decades, convicted Mafia boss Messina Denaro dies in hospital months after capture

Matteo Messina Denaro, a convicted mastermind of some of the Sicilian Mafia’s most heinous slayings, died on September 25 in a hospital prison ward, several months after being captured as Italy’s No. 1 fugitive and following decades on the run, Italian prosecutors said. The L’Aquila prosecutors office didn’t cite the time of death but requested an autopsy, even though Messina Denaro had been “afflicted with a very serious illness.”

2 months ago·India

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CTV News

On the run for decades, convicted Mafia boss Messina Denaro dies in hospital months after capture

Matteo Messina Denaro, a convicted mastermind of some of the Sicilian Mafia's most heinous slayings, died on Monday in a hospital prison ward, several months after being captured as Italy's No. 1 fugitive and following decades on the run, Italian prosecutors said.

2 months ago·Canada

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