“We have captured the last mass murderer responsible for the 1992-93 massacres,” Palermo prosecutor Maurizio de Lucia said at a press conference after his arrest.
, Denaro has been tried in absentia for multiple murders and other mafia crimes. He has been sentenced to several life prison terms.
“We are particularly proud of the work completed this morning which concludes a long and very delicate job. It is a debt that the Republic owed to the victims of the mafia which we have partially paid.” Denaro's most notorious crime was his role in the 1992 twin assassinations of anti-mafia prosecutors Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, who were targeted in separate bombings. His most heinous was perhaps ordering the kidnapping and murder of a 12-year-old son of a turncoat, whose body was dissolved in acid.
Police say the arrest came after years of investigation which led them to follow his ongoing health problems, and to the clinic where he was arrested. It's unclear exactly when authorities knew Denaro was there. More than 100 officers took part in the Monday morning raid, and the mafia boss was led out of the clinic without incident as people cheered in the streets.
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