Alleged Italian mobster-drug kingpin detained in Brazil
Frances D'emilio, Associated Press
Updated 2:30 pm, Saturday, June 10, 2017
ROME (AP) — A fugitive 'ndrangheta Italian crime clan boss, accused of international drug trafficking, was taken into custody at a Brazil airport, authorities said Saturday.
Italian Interior Minister Marco Minniti hailed the arrest on Friday of Vincenzo Macri, whom he described as a top boss of the Commisso crime clan, based in Siderno, Calabria.
Macri's two years on the run ended when he showed authorities an identity document using a false name at Sao Paulo airport on Friday.
Italian media said Macri, 52, had planned to fly to Caracas, Venezuela, where he is believed to have been living. The reports described him as playing a role as a broker in international cocaine deals for the 'ndrangheta, one of the world's leading cocaine traffickers.
Authorities say Macri inherited the mantle of his father, Antonio Macri, an alleged clan chieftain. Macri was about 10 years old when his father was slain in Calabria in 1975 after a bocce ball game during a bloody 'ndrangheta clan feud. The elder Macri had been given the moniker "boss of two worlds" for close international ties to alleged mobsters in North America and Australia.
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The Macris are in fact originally from the Calabria region of Italy.
Bambino mio!
I would think they would both want to keep a bottle of something REALLY strong beside every mirror in their houses, to prepare them before they look!
Wowsers.
First thing I thought of was Macri and insatiable money madness! Organized criminals are usually right-wing, too, for some reason. (Remember the Sopranos gang going into town to protect the Christopher Colombus Day parade!)
Calabria, that's very interesting. Thanks for mentioning it.
You might remember some of the US most rabid right wing politicians also have the mini-chins, or "chinettes." Not too sure how that happens. (Remember Mitch McConnell as one example, if you can, without nausea. He has ties to huge crime, too.)
