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Matteo Messina Denaro Biography
ONE of Italy’s most feared mobsters and leader of the mafia clan that inspired The Godfather has been arrested in a daring raid.
Matteo Messina Denaro, who headed the notorious Sicilian group “Cosa Nostra”, has been captured by police after 30 years as Italy’s most wanted mafia boss.
Arrested
Sicilian mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro has been arrested after 30 years
Denaro in the back of a police car after being seized in Palermo, Sicily
Carabinieri police have released a mugshot of DenaroCredit: EPA
Police say the 60-year-old man, known as “The Boss of Bosses”, was taken during a visit to a private medical clinic in Palermo, Sicily’s largest city, where he was allegedly being treated for cancer.
A jaw-dropping video shows crowds clapping and cheering Carabinieri police on the streets of Palermo following the arrest of Italy’s top mafia boss after 30 years on the run.
A frail-looking Denaro has also been photographed in the back of a police car with an armed policeman leading him away.
Cops have now released a mugshot of Denaro, also known as “U Siccu” or “The Skinny One.”
He is believed to be behind the murders of two anti-mafia prosecutors, Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino in 1992.
Denaro also faces life in prison for his role in the bombings that killed ten people in Florence, Milan and Rome the following year.
In a documentary, it is claimed that Denaro once bragged that he had “killed enough people to fill a small graveyard”.
Due to his savage crimes, it is believed that Denaro gave himself the nickname “El Diablo”.
The arrest comes nearly 30 years after police arrested Salvatore “Toto” Riina, the most powerful Sicilian Mafia crime boss of the 20th century.
He died in prison in 2017 without ever having broken the “omerta”, the legendary code of silence of the mafia.
Born in 1963 in Castelvetrano, Sicily, Denaro once wrote in a letter that his biggest regret was not finishing school.
In a letter written by the feared don and later discovered by police in 2015, he said: “My biggest anger comes from the fact that he was a good student, he was just distracted by something else.”
His father, Francesco, Don Ciccio, was the mafia boss of Castelvetrano and had a close alliance with the Corleone de Toto Riina.
He learned to use a gun at the age of 14 and, at just 20, Denaro followed his father into the mob, working with the Corleones to crush two rogue mob families.
He was known for his flashy lifestyle, driving a Porsche, wearing Armani suits and wearing a Rolex Daytona watch.
This was all despite the fact that he bragged about claiming unemployment benefits from the Italian state.
After a police commissioner in Castelvetrano, Rino Germana began to investigate Denaro, he decided to kill the policeman.
Shooting
He followed the inspector in his car, shooting him and forcing him to jump into the sea to escape.
The officer survived only because the Kalashnikov of one of Denaro’s henchmen jammed as he attempted to fire.
Police say the 60-year-old man, known as “The Boss of Bosses”, was taken during a visit to a private medical clinic in Palermo, Sicily’s largest city, where he was allegedly being treated for cancer.
A jaw-dropping video shows crowds clapping and cheering Carabinieri police on the streets of Palermo following the arrest of Italy’s top mafia boss after 30 years on the run.
A frail-looking Denaro has also been photographed in the back of a police car with an armed policeman leading him away.
Cops have now released a mugshot of Denaro, also known as “U Siccu” or “The Skinny One.”
He is believed to be behind the murders of two anti-mafia prosecutors, Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino in 1992.
Denaro also faces life in prison for his role in the bombings that killed ten people in Florence, Milan and Rome the following year.
In a documentary, it is claimed that Denaro once bragged that he had “killed enough people to fill a small graveyard”.
Due to his savage crimes, it is believed that Denaro gave himself the nickname “El Diablo”.
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