According to the portal, three foreigners were detained - two Russians - a man and a woman - and an Italian.
Morabito, who escaped from prison on June 23, as noted, was not at the place of the operation.
According to RIA Novosti, a spokesman for the Russian embassy in Uruguay, Vasilisa Fofanova, said that the embassy is aware of the arrest of Russians.
“The embassy received a notice of the arrest of three alleged Russian citizens just 20 minutes ago by e-mail, we find out the situation,” she said.
Earlier it was reported that during the special operation in Italy on charges of involvement in the activities of "Camorra" - the Neapolitan mafia group - more than 120 people were arrested.