Matteo Messina Denaro arrested
Matteo Messina Denaro was arrested by the Carabinieri of the Special Operations Group. The boss had been at large for 30 years.
Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro was arrested by the carabinieri of the Special Operations Grouping after 30 years on the run. The investigation that led to the capture of the Castelvetrano (Trapani) mafia boss was coordinated by Palermo Prosecutor Maurizio de Lucia and Assistant Prosecutor Paolo Guido. The news was first reported by the Ansa agency.
Son of the old Castelvetrano mafia leader Ciccio, a historical ally of Totò Riina’s Corleonesi, he had been a fugitive since the summer of 1993.
“Today, 16 January 2023, the Carabinieri of the Ros, the Gis and the territorial commands of the Region of Sicily as part of the investigations coordinated by the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Palermo arrested the fugitive Matteo Messina Denaro inside a health facility in Palermo where he had gone to undergo clinical treatment,” Division General Pasquale Angelosanto, commander of the Ros, told AGI.
Who is Matteo Messina Denaro
Matteo Messina Denaro, also known as Diabolik, is an Italian mafia boss, considered one of the heads of the Sicilian Cosa Nostra mafia family.
Denaro was born in Castelvetrano, in the province of Trapani, in 1962. He began his criminal career in the Cosa Nostra mafia family, operating in the Trapani area. In 1993, after the arrest of boss Salvatore Riina, Denaro quickly rose in the mafia hierarchy and became one of the main leaders of the family.
In 1998, Denaro was accused of being the instigator of the murder of anti-mafia judge Giovanni Falcone and in 2002 also of the murder of Paolo Borsellino. Since then, he has become a fugitive wanted by Italian and international authorities.
In 2011, the Italian police issued an arrest warrant for Matteo Messina Denaro for mafia association, extortion, drug trafficking and other crimes. Despite numerous police operations and searches, Denaro managed to avoid capture and still remains a wanted fugitive.
Over the years, Denaro has proven to be a skilled and cunning criminal, managing to avoid capture for so long. His flight from justice has led to numerous theories and speculations about where he may be hiding and how he manages to avoid capture.
Denaro has been an enigmatic and dangerous figure in the Italian criminal scene. The capture of Denaro is considered a priority for Italian authorities in the fight against the mafia and organized crime, today
