Mistress of Sicilian Mafia Cosa Nostra boss arrested in Palermo After being on the run for 30 years, confessed to the Carabineros (military police) that She was in a relationship with Matteo Messina Denaro, but she did not know who he really was.
Woman spontaneously appeared before the forces of order, Local media reported on Monday, after realizing that her boyfriend was the last godfather of the bloodthirsty Cosa Nostra, who was arrested on the 16th when he went to a clinic in the Sicilian capital to be treated for colon cancer.
According to the woman, whose identity has not been disclosed, the couple had seen each other a few days before the arrest in a house in Sicily where the mafia boss had spent the last years of his life on the run and where he had met many people. were. documents and several mobile phones.
loss three hiding places All those found so far are in Campobello di Mazara, a town of about 11,000 inhabitants and less than 10 kilometers from Castelvetrano, Messina Denaro’s hometown.
The boyfriend, who assured investigators that Messina Denaro gave him a false name and was a kind and attentive man, was not the only one to appear before the police, as there are several witnesses who have come forward to reveal this in recent days. that they met Capo without knowing it was him.
in these youStigos, possibly fearful of legal consequences Once his links became known, businessmen, restaurateurs and patients of the clinic where he was arrested have passed through police stations in Campobello, but also in Palermo and Trapani.
Although none of them appear on the list of people investigated at this time, the veracity of their testimony is being verified to try to uncover the security network that has ensnared Messina Denaro for more than 30 years. Allowed to walk, many of them together with their native city.
Meanwhile, in the archives, key material continues to be found, such as five identification documents to which a photograph of the mafia boss was added, who habitually used the name of Andrea Bonafede, an acquaintance who gave him his identification at the hospital and arrested him. has gone.
Messina Denaro and several mobile phones of the person accompanying him to the clinic on the day of his arrest have also been found, which are expected to contain important clues that help uncover the many dark aspects of the Cosa Nostra. ,
on record so far Branded clothing and shoes, jewelry, precious stones, bills for several restaurants, condoms, Viagra and, according to the media, plane tickets to the United Kingdom and South America were also found.Since the prosecutor’s office prefers not to specify the destinations where he was traveling so far.
Furthermore, in their homes, Messina Denaro had an extensive collection of history books, along with items from Francis Ford Coppola’s saga The Godfather. These also include a biography of Russian President Vladimir Putin.