The health of Matteo Messina Denaro,
the Mafia superboss caught while undergoing cancer treatment
under an assumed name in a Palermo clinic Monday, is compatible
with his doing prison time on a string of life terms for murder,
Palermo assistant prosecutor Paolo Guido told a press conference
Monday.
"He appeared in good health to us and looked fine, and so we
don't think his condition is incompatible with prison, Guido
said of the 60-year-old 'Diabolik' who had been on the run for
30 years.
"He looked good, he was well-dressed, he was wearing luxury
clothing which leads us to think that his economic conditions
were good too".
Guido added: "Obviously, he will receive health care as all
citizens are entitled to".
Messina Denaro, who was wearing a 35,000 euro watch when ROS
anti-Mafia police nabbed him, is facing multiple life sentences
for involvement in dozens of murders, including those of
anti-mafia prosecutors Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino in
1992 and that of Giuseppe Di Matteo, the 12-year-old son of a
mobster-turned-State witness who was strangled and dissolved in
acid in 1996, as well as fatal bombings of art sites in Milan,
Florence and Rome in 1993.
Reportedly idolised by Cosa Nostra's younger troops because of
his ruthlessness and playboy-like charisma, Messina Denaro
sealed a reputation for brutality by murdering a rival Trapani
boss and strangling his three-months-pregnant girlfriend.
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