Carabinieri police and
anti-mafia prosecutors said Wednesday they have wiped out the
leadership of the Bonavota clan of the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta
mafia by carrying out six arrests in the city of Vibo Valentia.
The Bonavota clan is based in the area village of
Sant'Onofrio.
The suspects named as Domenico, Pasquale and Nicola Bonavota,
Onofrio Barbieri, Giuseppe Lopreiato, and Domenico Febbraro
face mafia conspiracy, malicious damage, murder, extortion, and
illegal weapons charges.
They are believed to have ordered and executed two hits in
2004 and to have carried out violent attacks on company premises
owned by local businessman Filippo Callipo in 2004 and 2016.
Investigators are also probing lawyer Giuseppe Di Renzo on
charges of aggravated aiding and abetting for smuggling messages
out of prison on behalf of former Lo Bianco clan boss Andrea
Mantella.
Mantella subsequently turned State's witness, telling
investigators that the 2004 murders of Raffaele Cracolici and
Domenico Di Leo were part of a clan turf war over a rapidly
expanding industrial area in the town of Maierata.
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