Montevideo, June 25 -- : An Italian mafia boss and drug kingpin has escaped from prison in Uruguay where he was awaiting extradition to Italy, the Uruguayan Ministry of Interior said on Monday.
Fifty-three-year-old Rocco Morabito, leader of Italy's most powerful organised crime group - the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta fled the central prison here, along with three other inmates, through a hole in the roof of the building late on Sunday night, CNN reported.
One of Italy's most-wanted fugitives since 1994, Morabito and the three others let themselves down by rope to an adjacent farm, where they robbed the owner, the ministry added.
"Among the fugitives is the Italian Rocco Morabito, who was waiting for his extradition by the Italian justice being...