Mafia fugitive caught in Colombia seen at infamous drug lord's grave

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Italian constabulary announced connected Friday nan apprehension successful Colombia of a vulnerable fugitive accused of being nan intermediary betwixt nan Latin American country's drug cartels and nan Naples mafia.

Luigi Belvedere has been sentenced to almost 19 years successful jailhouse for world supplier trafficking but has been connected nan tally since December 2020.

He was captured successful nan Colombian metropolis of Medellin overnight.

In announcing his arrest, Italian constabulary released a photo of Belvedere visiting nan sedate of Pablo Escobar, nan laminitis and leader of nan Medellin cartel, who was killed by constabulary successful 1993.

Belvedere, a agent from Caserta, northbound of Naples, "specialized successful nan forbidden importation of cocaine (and) acted arsenic an intermediary betwixt Colombia cartels and immoderate of nan clans of nan Casalesi," the Italian interior ministry said successful a statement,

The Casalesi are a notorious branch of nan Camorra mafia. Naples has been nan accepted guidelines for nan mafia-type Camorra syndicate, an umbrella for galore different clans.

Investigators located him successful Columbia, wherever they said he was "active successful nan statement of supplier shipments from South America to Europe", successful portion because of his usage of a "well-known messaging system," constabulary said.

Belvedere, believed to beryllium astir 32 years aged and who was connected nan Italian interior ministry's database of vulnerable fugitives, was tracked down pinch nan support of Columbian investigators and European Union policing assemblage Europol.

The apprehension comes astir 3 months aft a Norwegian man accused of starring a crime ringing that trafficked cocaine from South America to Europe connected sailboats was captured successful Colombia. Pazooki Farhad -- dubbed "The Profesor" -- was detained astatine El Dorado airport, while his alleged right-hand man and chap Norwegian Bernsten Bjarte was captured successful nan Caribbean coastal metropolis of Barranquilla, constabulary said.