Wife arrested in farmer's 'Ndrangheta murder
Agostino Ascone allegedly killed by wife, lover and accomplice

(ANSA) - ROME, APR 11 - The wife of a farmer was arrested in Calabria Monday on suspicion of murdering her husband with the help of two other men in a crime police said "matured in the context of the (Calabrian mafia) 'Ndrangheta".
The farmer, Agostino Ascone, went missing on December 27 from his farm at Amato di Taurianova, in the province of Reggio Calabria.
Police on Monday arrested hiw widow Ilaria Sturiale, her lover Salvatore Antonio Figliuzzi, and a suspected accomplice of the couple, Giuseppe Trapasso.
They were arrested on warrants issued by prosecutors in Gioia Tauro.
Police said the crime "matured in a milieu marked by the 'Ndrangheta codes of conduct including omertà and the force of intimidation those implicated were able to exert".
The trio allegedly murdered the farmer and disposed of his body, police said.
They have been detained in jail pending the confirmation of their arrest warrants.
They have not yet divulged where they allegedly buried Ascone's body, police said.
The case was handled by special-branch RIS police from Messina and the Reggio Calabria anti-crime squad. (ANSA).