Donato Palermo? wanted Italian Mafia chief has been arrested in Marbella

wanted Italian Mafia chief has been arrested in Marbella on an international arrest warrant issued by Italy where he fled a 12 and a half years prison sentence for drug trafficking. Named by La Opinión de Málaga as B.C.M., he is said by police to have been going under the name of Donato Palermo while in Marbella, and is understood to have been arrested in a flat on the town’s paseo marítimo last week.National Police in Málaga said in a statement that the suspect is believed to have held a key position in coordinating the drug gangs which bring cocaine into Europe from Colombia and Brazil for distribution in the Lombardy area of Italy.Evidence described as of interest to the police investigation into the drugs organisation was found in a search of the suspect’s Marbella home.