Mario Fabbrocino (; 5 January 1943 – 23 April 2019) was a powerful Italian crime boss of the

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mafia.

History

Mario Fabbrocino was the leader of the Fabbrocino clan, based in the

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area, with its sphere of influence around

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. He was nicknamed '' 'o gravunaro'' ("the charcoal burner")Relazione Dia 2° semestre 2005
and ''boss dei due mondi'' ("boss of the two worlds"), due to his business in South America. He was one of the leaders of the

Nuova Famiglia The Nuova Famiglia (Italian: "New Family") was an Italian Camorra confederation created in the 1970s and headed by the most powerful Camorra bosses of the time, Carmine Alfieri, the Nuvoletta brothers, Michele Zaza, Luigi Giuliano and Antonio ...

, created in the 1980s to face the rising power of

Raffaele Cutolo Raffaele Cutolo (; 4 November 1941 – 17 February 2021) was an Italian crime boss and leader of the Nuova Camorra Organizzata (NCO), an organisation he built to renew the Camorra. Cutolo had a variety of nicknames including o Vangelo'' ("th ...

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. The feud with Cutolo intensified when Cutolo ordered the killing of Fabbrocino's brother Francesco.Cayó un capo de la camorra
Clarín, 4 September 1997 Fabbrocino later avenged his brother's death by ordering the murder of Cutolo's only son, Roberto, on 19 December 1990. On the run since 1988, he was among the most wanted fugitives of Italy for a murder in 1982. He was arrested in

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on 3 September 1997.Camorra, il boss Fabbrocino tradito dai maccheroni al ragù
La Repubblica, 15 August 2005 After a long legal battle, he was extradited to Italy in March 2001. He was released in July 2002 because the legal term for preventive custody had expired. However, he received an arrest warrant for cocaine trafficking and was arrested again.Torna in carcere il boss Mario Fabbrocino
RaiNews, 9 July 2002 Fabbrocino was sentenced to 6 years and 4 months in January 2003. He was released in August 2004, due to time served (the time he had spent in jail in Argentina waiting for extradition was included). He was sentenced to life imprisonment on 13 April 2005, for the killing of Roberto Cutolo (b. 1962; the son of Raffaele Cutolo and historical enemy of Fabbrocino) on 19 December 1990, in

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. He became a fugitive once more. On 15 August 2005, he was arrested again in his home in

.Preso boss della camorra
Il Giornale, 15 August 2005

Death

On 23 April 2019, Fabbrocino died in the hospital of the Parma prison, where he was serving a life sentence. On 28 April 2019, he was buried in the cemetery of

, his native city, with a brief private ceremony after the public funeral had been denied by the State.

References

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