Benedetto Nitto Santapaola
Benedetto 'Nitto' Santapaola, known as 'Il Cacciatore' (The Hunter), was a notorious Italian Mafia boss who played a significant role in the Sicilian Cosa Nostra. Born in 1936, he became a prominent figure during the bloody power struggles of the 1980s and was a close ally of the infamous Salvatore 'Totò' Riina. Santapaola was implicated in the murders of anti-Mafia prosecutors Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino in 1992. After 11 years on the run, he was arrested in 1993 and spent more than 30 years in a high-security prison in Milan, where he died at the age of 87.
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Benedetto 'Nitto' Santapaola was one of the most notorious bosses of the Sicilian mafia, Cosa Nostra, who died at the age of 87 after spending 33 years in prison.
Murió Nitto Santapaola, el sanguinario capo mafia que sembró el terror en Italia con la Cosa Nostra siciliana
Argentina· 2026-03-03
Benedetto 'Nitto' Santapaola, one of the most notorious mafia bosses in Italy, died at the age of 87 in prison after more than 30 years of incarceration.
Tod nach 30 Jahren Haft
Switzerland· 2026-03-03