L AQUILA, Italy Matteo Messina Denaro, a convicted mastermind of some of the Sicilian Mafia s most heinous slayings, died on Monday in a hospital prison ward, several months after being captured as Italy s No. 1 fugitive and following decades on the run, Italian prosecutors said.
Messina Denaro ROME: Sicilian Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, captured in January after three decades on the run, died on Monday in hospital in central Italy, taking to the grave the secrets of his brutal reign. The 61-year-old had been treated for colon cancer while detained in a high-security
L AQUILA, Italy Matteo Messina Denaro, a convicted mastermind of some of the Sicilian Mafia s most heinous slayings, died on Monday in a hospital prison ward, several months after being captured as Italy s No. 1 fugitive and following decades on the run, Italian prosecutors said.