(CNN)An Italian mafia boss has escaped from a detention center in Uruguay, where he was awaiting extradition to Italy, the Uruguayan Ministry of Interior said in a statement.
Rocco Morabito, a notorious member of the Ndrangheta, or Calabrian Mafia, has been one of Italy’s most-wanted fugitives since 1994.
Morabito was arrested in 2017 in Uruguay after more than 20 years on the run. Convicted in absentia for drug trafficking and organized-crime activities in Italy, he was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
