In San Cipriano d'Aversa (Caserta), the carabinieri of Casal di Principe on Friday have intercepted and blocked, after a brief chase, a Fiat Panda with on board - seated on the passenger side - the fugitive Corrado De Luca, 51, sought after by last May because accused of mafia-type association, extortion, private violence aggravated by having facilitated a mafia association. The fugitive, historically affiliated to the Iovine faction of the Casalesi clan, now held in the orbit of the Schiavone faction of the same clan, had escaped capture in an operation taken on May 7 that led to the arrest of another 6 people for the same crimes of which De Luca is accused. The driver of the car, Giovanni Lucariello, was also arrested.


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