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Fugitive’s arrest like a ‘quake,’ but Mafia very resilient

External view of the private clinic where Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro was arrested in Palermo, Sicily, Italy, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023, Italy's No. 1 fugitive was arrested at a private clinic in the Sicilian town, after 30 years on the run. He is set to be imprisoned for the two bombings in Sicily in 1992 that murdered top anti-Mafia prosecutors, Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, and other grisly crimes. (Alberto Lo Bianco/LaPresse via AP) People display a placard in Italian saying 'There will be a victory when we'll know the names of the external instigators of the massacres' during a demonstration outside the para-military police Carabinieri headquarters in Palermo, Sicily, Italy, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023, the day Italy's No. 1 fugitive, Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, was arrested at a private clinic in the Sicilian town, after 30 years on the run. He is set to be imprisoned for the two bombings in Sicily in 1992 that murdered top anti-Mafia prosecutors, Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, and other grisly crimes. (Alberto Lo Bianco/LaPresse via AP) In this picture taken from a video released by Italian Carabinieri on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023, top Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro arrives for treatment at a private clinic in Palermo, Sicily, Italy, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023, where he was arrested after 30 years on the run. (Carabinieri via AP) In this picture taken from a video released by Italian Carabinieri on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023, top Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, center, leaves an Italian Carabinieri barrack soon after his arrest at a private clinic in Palermo, Sicily, after 30 years on the run, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. (Carabinieri via AP) The mural of anti-Mafia prosecutor Paolo Borsellino created by street artist TvBoy and damaged by unknown persons in August is seen in Palermo, Italy, Tuesday Jan. 17, 2023. Italy's No. 1 fugitive, Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, was arrested Monday after 30 years on the run. He is set to be imprisoned for the two bombings in Sicily in 1992 that murdered the two top anti-Mafia prosecutors Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, and other grisly crimes.  (AP Photo/Valeria Ferraro) A man walks past a flag that reads: "No Mafia" in Palermo, Italy, Tuesday Jan. 17, 2023. Italy's No. 1 fugitive, Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, was arrested Monday after 30 years on the run. Matteo Messina Denaro's long record as a killer — turncoat mobsters said he'd boast of enough murders to fill a cemetery — greatly burnished his credentials among his peers as a major boss in the Sicilian Mafia. (AP Photo/Valeria Ferraro) A mural by street artists Rosk e Loste, reproducing an iconic photo of top anti-mafia prosecutors Giovanni Falcone, left, and Paolo Borsellino, is seen on the side of a building in Palermo, Italy, Tuesday Jan. 17, 2023. Italy's No. 1 fugitive, Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, was arrested Monday after 30 years on the run. He is set to be imprisoned for the two bombings in Sicily in 1992 that murdered the two top anti-Mafia prosecutors Falcone and Borsellino, and other grisly crimes. (AP Photo/Valeria Ferraro) In this picture taken from a video released by Italian Carabinieri on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023, top Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, center, leaves an Italian Carabinieri barrack soon after his arrest at a private clinic in Palermo, Sicily, after 30 years on the run, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. (Carabinieri via AP) In this picture taken from a video released by Italian Carabinieri on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023, top Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, center, leaves an Italian Carabinieri barrack soon after his arrest at a private clinic in Palermo, Sicily, after 30 years on the run, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. (Carabinieri via AP)
Fugitive’s arrest like a ‘quake,’ but Mafia very resilient