Fugitive Italian mobster arrested in Lisbon Covid clinic

An ambulance leaves the emergency entrance of the Sao Jose Hospital in Lisbon, Monday, March 29, 2021. An Italian fugitive, convicted in his homeland of ordering the revenge killing of a mobster’s wife, was arrested in Portugal on Monday in a clinic where he was reportedly being treated for COVID-19. (AP Photo/Pedro Rocha)

A Italian fugitive who was convicted in his homeland of ordering the revenge killing of a mobster’s wife has been arrested in Portugal in a clinic where he was reportedly being treated for Covid-19.

Italian interior minister Luciana Lamorgese said in a statement that Francesco Pelle was one of Italy’s most dangerous fugitives.