Italian Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro was the last of three longtime fugitive top-level Mafia bosses who had for decades eluded capture.

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Messina Denaro was captured at the clinic where he was receiving treatment for an undisclosed medical condition, said Carabinieri Gen. Pasquale Angelosanto, who heads the police force’s special operations squad.

Messina Denaro was taken to a secret location by police immediately after the arrest, Italian state television reported.

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