The bloodthirsty Cosa Nostra leader hid for thirty years, now his diary written to his daughter is being published in Italy

January 16, 2023 was a special day in Italy. Authorities arrested Matteo Messina Denaro, the Sicilian mafia boss who had been on the run for 30 years, in a small street next to a private clinic in Palermo. He had come to the clinic for chemotherapy treatment – under an assumed name. He offered no resistance, admitted that he was the wanted mafia boss, but did not cooperate with investigators either then or later. Matteo Messina Denaro was seriou…