An Italian mafia boss has escaped from a detention center in Uruguay, where he was awaiting extradition to Italy, officials say
Mugshot of Rocco MorabitoRocco Morabito, a notorious member of the Ndrangheta, or Calabrian Mafia, has been one of Italy's most-wanted fugitives since 1994. Morabito was arrested in 2017 in Uruguay after more than 20 years on the run. Convicted in absentia for drug trafficking and organized-crime activities in Italy, he was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
In a statement on Twitter, Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said it was disconcerting that a criminal like Morabito had managed to escape from a prison in Uruguay while waiting to be extradited to Italy. He pledged to get to the bottom of the escape, and to"keep hunting Morabito, wherever he is, to throw him in jail as he deserves.
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