Tag: Uruguay police

• Wednesday, June 26th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Morabito jailbreak: the Calabria mafia boss paid his way out from Uruguay's police headquarters

  

  Uruguay's prisons chief resigned on Tuesday in the wake of a sensational jailbreak by Italian mob boss Rocco Morabito, “Milan's cocaine king” that angered Rome, which was awaiting his extradition.

• Tuesday, June 25th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Italy demands Uruguay to explain how “Milan's cocaine king” escaped from a jail in police HQ

  

  Italy' Home Secretary Matteo Salvini called on Monday the Uruguayan government asking to explain how one of the most wanted criminals in the world, known as Milan's cocaine king, managed to escape from a jail in Montevideo where he was waiting for his extradition to Italy.