A composite picture showing a computer generated image released by the Italian Police, right, and a picture of Mafia top boss Matteo Messina Denaro.

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A former trigger man who once reportedly boasted he could "fill a cemetery" with his victims, the 60-year-old Messina Denaro is believed to have become the 's "boss of bosses" following the death of Salvatore "The Beast" Riina in November 2017.

Source: https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230116-italy-s-top-mafia-boss-messina-denaro-detained-after-three-decades-on-the-run

Carabinieri police stand guard near the hideout of Matteo Messina Denaro after he was arrested in the Sicilian town of Campobello di Mazara, Italy, January 17, 2023.

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Investigators contend that Bonafede received 20,000 euros ($22,000) money from Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro to buy a house in western Sicily that served as one of the fugitive’s hideouts.

Source: https://www.mymcmurray.com/2023/01/23/italian-police-arrest-man-whose-id-helped-fugitive-mobster/

Messina Denaro is suffering from colon cancer and his doctors say he will not recover.

Source: https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/crime/italys-mafia-boss-messina-denaro-in-irreversible-coma-c-11995901

Messina Denaro, the convicted head of the Sicilian Cosa Nostra Mafia, was captured by police in January after three decades on the run.

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Messina Denaro, who had a 12-year-old boy strangled and his body dissolved in acid, was taken to a secret location by police immediately after he was detained.

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Once Provenzano was in police hands, the hunt focused on Messina Denaro (pictured), but despite numerous reported sightings of the boss, he managed to elude arrest, until Monday.

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They then took Denaro to a secret location.

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When Messina Denaro was captured last week at a Palermo clinic where he was receiving chemotherapy, he was using an official identity card with Bonafede’s name but with his own photo.

Source: https://www.mymotherlode.com/news/europe/2933579/italian-police-arrest-man-whose-id-helped-fugitive-mobster.html