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The Guardian - UK
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Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo

Police arrest Sicilian whose identity was used by fugitive mafia boss

Matteo Messina Denaro Andrea Bonafede
Carabinieri officers lead Matteo Messina Denaro out of clinic.
Carabinieri officers arrested Matteo Messina Denaro in Palermo on January 16. Photograph: ITALIAN CARABINIERI PRESS OFFICE/AFP/Getty Images

An Italian man whose identity was taken by the mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro while he was a fugitive has been arrested by prosecutors in Sicily.

Andrea Bonafede, a 59-year-old Sicilian surveyor, described as “Denaro’s alter ego”, was charged on Monday for having helped the mobster avoid arrest and for protecting him while he was on the run.

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