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Italy’s ‘last Godfather’ who spent 30 years on the run left in irreversible coma

Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, who has been convicted for his involvement in dozens of murders, is in an irreversible coma and doctors will tonight suspend his nutrition

A notorious Mafia boss who was caught earlier this year after 30 years on the run is in an irreversible coma and doctors are planning to end his nutrition this evening, hospital sources have revealed.

Matteo Messina Denaro, who was once dubbed “the last godfather of the Sicilian Mafia”, has been in the prison ward of L’Aquila hospital for over a month. The 61-year-old fugitive was found at the beginning of the year after decades on the run in a cancer clinic in Palermo, Sicily, using a false identity.

This evening, sources from the hospital said the criminal will not come out of the coma and doctors will end his nutrition. Italian news agency Ansa reported on Friday evening that the intestinal surgery Denaro underwent on August 8 was successful, but his advanced colon cancer caused an irreversible deterioration in his state of health. The mobster, who was using the false name Andrea Bonafede while on the run, was first diagnosed with cancer at the end of 2020.

According to Italian media, the mobster had not been able to feed himself for days, and on September 12 his treatments were suspended, while painkiller treatments continued to be carried out. In his living will, Messina Denaro expressed his will not to undergo aggressive treatment with the use of machines to keep him alive.

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