Who is Patrizia Messina Denaro, the sister, just released from the boss Matteo, the person who “knows his secrets”

After almost 12 years in prison, Patrizia Messina Denaro, the favorite sister of the former boss of Cosa Nostra Matteo Messina Denaro, has returned to freedom. The 55 -year -old woman, He finished serving his sentence at 14 and a half years for mafia association And he left the prison of Vigevano yesterday, in the province of Pavia.

Now Patrizia Messina Denaro has returned to Castelvetrano, the city of origin of the Messina Denaro family, where will have to comply with the signing obligation.

How it reconstructs Republicit was she who held the intricate system of communications that allowed the brother to maintain hiding for almost thirty years and manage the bosses’ affairs. Not surprisingly, in the pizzini found in the Covo di Campobello di Mazara, explicit annotations appeared: “4,500 Avv. Patrizia” and “1,000 Pat”, clear references to the economic support intended for the detained sister.

The arrest of 2013

The blitz that led to his arrest triggered at dawn of 13 December 2013 in Castelvetrano. The operation hit Matteo Messina Denaro hardly hardly, then fugitive for twenty years. In addition to Patrizia, about 30 people were stopped, including the nephew Francesco Guttadauro, the cousins Giovanni Filardo, Lorenzo Cimarosa and Mario Messina Denaro, as well as entrepreneurs and professionals accused of promoting the clan’s economic interests.

According to the judges, It was in the hands of Patrizia Messina Denaro «The essential system of the communications of the fugitive who allowed him to remain free for tens of years ». In the absence of the detained husband, It was she who brought the godfather’s messages to the other clan men and to manage criminal activities.

Considered the sister closest to the boss, Patrizia was considered a key figure in the management of family affairs. Matteo Messina Denaro, wanted since 1993 and accused of massacre, murder, mafia association And other very serious crimes, died in September 2023, a few months after the arrest.