Mafia, the conditions of the superboss Matteo Messina Denaro worsen
by Alessia Candito

Admitted to L'Aquila hospital, he has been in intensive care for five days
10 SEPTEMBER 2023
UPDATED AT4.33PM
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The conditions of boss Matteo Messina Denaro are worsening, having been in intensive care for five days after a second delicate surgery.

Suffering from colon cancer already in the fourth stage, at this moment - as far as we know - he would be undergoing pain therapy, "which has been readjusted, because not all patients respond in the same way", explains the head doctor of the department of oncology at the L'Aquila hospital. The doctor does not comment on the boss's health conditions, but the lawyer Lorenza Guttadauro, niece of the boss of the same name, has arrived in the city and assists the former super fugitive.

Arrested in January after thirty years on the run, since 8 August Messina Denaro has been hospitalized in a prison ward, kept under close surveillance. His lawyers had prepared a request to request his definitive release and detention in hospital, but the act was currently suspended because his very serious health conditions made a return behind bars unthinkable.

According to some rumours, Messina Denaro would have asked not to be resuscitated if necessary. But at the moment, the lawyers are taking refuge behind no comments on the topic.