Dissolved 11-yr-old Boy in Acid, 'Filled Cemetery With Victims': Life of 'Devil' Italian Mafia Boss Matteo
The world has long borrowed the archetype of the ‘Italian mafia man’ for everything from movies to books and pop culture references. But it was a joyful moment for Italians when the country’s most wanted man, a Mafia boss convicted of helping to mastermind some of the most heinous slayings, was apprehended Monday while seeking treatment at a private clinic in Sicily after three decades on the run.Matteo Messina Denaro was tried in absentia and convicted of dozens of murders, including helping to plan, with other Cosa Nostra bosses, a pair of bombings that killed top anti-Mafia prosecutors — and prompted the Italian government to tighten its grip on the Sicilian crime syndicate, a report by Associated Press states. WHAT WERE HIS CRIMES? According to a report by BBC, Denaro was convicted for the following crimes: The murder of anti-Mafia prosecutors Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino in 1992. The deadly bomb attacks in Milan, Florence, and Rome in 1993. The kidnapping, torture, and ...