Matteo Messina Denaro, also known as Diabolik, was a Sicilian Mafia boss from Castelvetrano. He was considered to be one of the new leaders of the Sicilian mob after the arrests of Bernardo Provenzano on 11 April 2006 and Salvatore Lo Piccolo in November 2007.
Matteo Messina Denaro’s cause of death: What happened to Matteo Messina Denaro?
He was 61. Alessandro Cerella, a lawyer for Mr. Messina Denaro, said the cause was colon cancer. Mr. Messina Denaro had been undergoing treatment for several years, and on Friday he fell into a coma that doctors said was irreversible.
Alessandro Cerella, an attorney for Mr. Messina Denaro, confirmed the death, which he said was from colon cancer. Mr. Messina Denaro had been undergoing treatment for several years, and on Friday he fell into a coma that doctors said was irreversible.
Mr. Messina Denaro was arrested in January while waiting to undergo chemotherapy at a private clinic in Palermo.
He had been using a fake identity, and investigators discovered that he was being treated for cancer when they found a scrap of paper with his medical history rolled up in the leg of a chair in his mother’s home in Castelvetrano, Sicily.