Previous head of the Cosa Nostra Sicilian mob passed away in medical facility in main Italy after slipping into an ‘permanent coma’, Italian media state.
Italian Mafia manager Matteo Messina Denaro, who was caught in January after 30 years on the run, has actually passed away, according to media reports.
The ANSA news company stated on Monday that Messina Denaro, 61, passed away in the L’Aquila Hospital in main Italy after slipping into an “irreparable coma” over the weekend.
The previous head of the Cosa Nostra Sicilian mob was looking for treatment for colon cancer at the time of his arrest. He was at first kept in a maximum-security jail however moved to the L’Aquila Hospital in current weeks when his condition aggravated.
Messina Denaro had actually asked for no aggressive medical treatment, ANSA reported, including that medics had actually stopped feeding him after he was stated to be in a coma.
The boy of a mafioso, Messina Denaro was born in the southwestern Sicilian town of Castelvetrano in 1962. He followed his daddy into the mob and at 15, was currently bring a weapon.
Cops state he performed his very first killing when he was 18.
The Castelvetrano clan was allied to the Corleonesi, led by Salvatore “the Beast” Riina, who ended up being the indisputable “manager of employers” of Cosa Nostra thanks to his callous pursuit of power.
Nicknamed “U Siccu” or the Skinny One, Messina Denaro ended up being Riina’s protege and revealed he might be simply as merciless as his master, getting 20 life jail terms in trials kept in absentia for his function in a selection of mob murders.
These consist of the 1992 killings of anti-mafia district attorneys Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino– criminal activities that surprised Italy and triggered a crackdown on the Sicilian mob, in addition to battles in Rome, Florence and Milan in 1993 that eliminated 10 individuals.
Messina Denaro was likewise delegated the kidnapping of Giuseppe Di Matteo, 12, to attempt to discourage the kid’s daddy from providing proof versus the mafia.
The young boy was held for 2 years and after that killed.
Called by the Italian press as “the last Godfather”, Messina Denaro himself when declared to have actually killed adequate individuals to fill a cemetery.
He entered into concealing in 1993 as a growing variety of turncoats began offering information of his function in the mob, however detectives think he hardly ever roamed far from Sicily.
He was captured in the Sicilian capital, Palermo, on January 16, outside a personal center for cancer clients.
Cops stated they focused on the previous mafia manager after getting a pointer that he was ill. They weeded out other prospective suspects of a comparable age and condition, partially by inspecting the database of the nationwide health system.
According to medical records dripped to the Italian media, he went through surgical treatment for colon cancer in 2020 and 2022 under an incorrect name.
Messina Denaro never ever wed however was understood to have a variety of enthusiasts.
He composed that he had a child however had actually never ever satisfied her.
In spite of his prestige, district attorneys have actually constantly questioned that Messina Denaro ended up being the Mafia “manager of managers”, stating it was most likely that he was merely the head of Cosa Nostra in western Sicily.