A convicted hitman for the
Calabria-based 'Ndrangheta mafia escaped from house arrest near
Milan on the night of Monday January 30, police sources said
Wednesday.
Massimiliano Sestito, 52, is believed to have deactivated his
electronic ankle bracelet before skipping detention at his home
at Pero.
Sestito, an affiliate of the Calabrian Mob in Catanzaro, has
been convicted of two murders.
He carried out a hit on a young Carabiniere, Renato Lio, in
1991, and killed a boss, Vincenzo Femia, in 2013.
He had been released from a Terni prison on January 12 while
serving a sentence for double murder, the remainder of which he
was supposed to see out under house arrest.
'Ndrangheta is Italy's richest and most powerful mafia,
controlling much of the European cocaine trade.
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