‘Ndrangheta, arrested the boss Ernesto Fazzalari, a fugitive for 20 years. It was the 2nd most dangerous after Messina Denaro – The Daily

He was arrested after twenty years on the run Ernesto Fazzalari , the second most dangerous fugitive in Italy after Matteo Messina Denaro . This was announced with a tweet, the President of the Council Matteo Renzi .

Originally from Taurianova , Fazzalari was put on the list of most wanted dangerous d ‘ Europe . With him, the only Italian in the list of Europol is Matteo Messina Denaro . Fugitive since 1996 Fazzalari was sentenced to life in prison for drug trafficking, murder, criminal association, arms trafficking. He was known as “u lentu”. It was one of the protagonists of the feud, between the 80s and 90s, he has transformed Taurianova in the theater of the bloodiest clashes between the clans of the ‘Ndrangheta. Those were the days when, in the square of the small town of Piana di Gioia Tauro, the bosses cut off the heads and use them for target practice. With his brother Domenico and his cousin Salvatore, Ernesto Fazzalari is one of the leading exponents of the clan-Avignon Zagari-Purple . “Today the State team has scored one of his most beautiful goal,” said Interior Minister Angelino Alfano congratulating the commanding general of the Carabinieri, Tullio Del Sette .

the police provincial command of the squadron, and hunters have tracked down at dawn in the fraction Mount Trepitò of Molochio , in Piana di Gioia Tauro. The boss was found inside a house in the complex of apartment blocks behind dell ‘ Aspromonte , not far from his home country. Surprised by the police, Fazzalari not resisted, and soon after the raid, he said that he was the fugitive they were looking for and you’re left handcuff. At the time he was armed. During the search, in fact, a gun was found and other equipment that might be helpful to the District Anti-Mafia Directorate to rebuild the network of supporters who for twenty years has allowed the fugitive to escape justice. Fazzalari was in the company of a woman of 41 years who was arrested for procured non-compliance penalty, competition in the common possession of fire-arms and stolen goods.

Of him, speak several repentant including Roberto Comandé that, recounted an episode in the feud for the day of the attack in Santo Asciutto in which he was wounded fugitive arrested today. The latter – said the repentant – “had gone, as he had done with his father in the countryside. On arrival, while performing a reverse to park had seen in the rearview mirror Guerino Avignon with a rifle in his hand; Then had come the other subjects with a Fiorino and had started shooting. Santo had defended himself by shooting in turn with the gun he had, wounding Ernesto Fazzalari, while his father, finding himself in the middle of the fire, was killed. “

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