Alfredo Montalto Rosalia Messina Denaro , sister of Cosa Nostra boss Matteo Messina Denaro, was arrested on Friday for mafia association in the family home in Castelvetrano ( Trapani).

The 68-year-old, heard during the guarantee interrogation in the Pagliarelli prison, is accused by the magistrates of having carried out multiple tasks on behalf of her brother - captured by the Ros last January 16 in front of the "La Maddalena" clinic, including those of "patient weaver » of conflicts between relatives, of «confidential vehicle for the fugitive's decisions » on matters of a family nature. The woman would also have performed the function of "cashier" on behalf of the boss , with the responsibility of receiving large sums of money, keeping them, reporting them and distributing them if necessary. Finally, he would have played a fundamental role in sorting the pizzini between the mafia boss and some of his supporters .

"My client is in good condition, compatibly with her situation," explained Rosalia Messina Denaro's lawyer. To journalists who asked him for a comment on the sentences that his client allegedly said to the carabinieri after her arrest - the woman claimed that her family "was persecuted by justice" - the lawyer replied: "These are aspects that do not pertain to defence".

(Unioneonline/F)

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