'Ndrangheta, untraceable after the sentencing of the boss Francesco Pelle
The 2007 Duisburg massacre. Life imprisonment for Strangio confirmed
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March 29, 2021 Boss Francesco Pelle, alias 'Ciccio Pakistan', protagonist of the San Luca feud and among the top 30 most dangerous fugitives, arrested in Lisbon by the police.
Pelle would have been arrested in a clinic in the Portuguese capital, where he was because he was positive for Covid.
Pelle is now in Portuguese custody.
The next step will be extradition, following which in Italy he will be notified of the arrest order.
Francesco Pelle is accused of having ordered the murder of Giovanni Nirta, head of the rival 'ndrina, who however survived the ambush, during which Maria Strangio, wife of Nirta, was killed. The revenge of the Nirta came in 2007 with the Duisburg massacre. On 19 July 2019 'Ciccio Pakistan', who was in Milan with the obligation to stay, lost track after the Supreme Court had rejected his appeal against the sentence to life imprisonment as the instigator of the 2006 Christmas massacre, which was followed by the slaughter of Duisburg on August 15th of the following year.