US EditionSicilian 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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Italian Mafia boss Messina Denaro dies in hospital months after capture: Report
One of the highest ranking members of the Sicilian Mafia, Matteo Messina Denaro, died Monday in a hospital prison ward in L’Aquila, Italy, according to the Associated Press.
Infamous Italian Mafia Boss Matteo Denaro Dies in Prison Hospital
Italian Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, who was arrested in January after evading arrest for decades, died of colon cancer in a prison hospital, Italian prosecutors said Monday. Denaro, 61, was captured in Palermo on January 16, following decades on the run as Italy’s most wanted fugitive. His colon cancer diagnosis and need for treatment was what led Italian officials to his location and arrest. Denaro has been cited as the mastermind behind …
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.”
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A Mafia boss on the run for decades dies in hospital months after his 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 state radio said.Rai state radio, reporting from L'Aquila hospital in central Italy, said the heavy police detail that had been guarding his hospital room moved to the hospital morgue, following the dea…
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