Life support measures were discontinued at his request. The 61-year-old man, accused of having committed or ordered dozens of murders, died in a prison clinic.
Italy’s most wanted mafia boss, Matteo Messina Denaro, has died aged 61 in a prison clinic in the central Italian city of L’Aquila as a result of cancer, Italian news agency ANSA reported on Monday morning. fair. . The head of the Sicilian Cosa Nostra was only arrested in mid-January, after three decades on the run.
At that time, he wanted to be treated under a false name at a private clinic in Sicily’s capital, Palermo, to treat his colon cancer. The criminal’s health has deteriorated drastically in recent days. On Friday night, the doctors responsible for the treatment announced that Messina Denaro had entered an irreversible coma from which she would never wake up. At his request, life support measures were stopped.
As a member of Cosa Nostra, Messina Denaro is said to have committed or organized dozens of murders – including the fatal bombings of mafia hunters Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, which made headlines around the world in 1992. Since his arrest, he has been subjected to two operations, the most recent in August. He also received chemotherapy. According to Italian media reports, the family managed to say goodbye to him in the last few days. (APA)