Alfonso Tumbarello, Matteo Messina Denaro's doctor, was arrested .

The Carabinieri del Ros have released the handcuffs, the disputed crimes are external complicity in mafia association and false ideology. Andrea Bonafede, cousin and namesake of the surveyor who lent his identity to the godfather and bought the house where the fugitive spent the last few months on his behalf was also arrested: he is accused of aiding and abetting the penalty aggravated by 'favorite Cosa nostra.

Tumbarello personally visited the "most wanted" fugitive boss in the world, he was the first to diagnose him with cancer, in almost two years he prescribed more than a hundred drugs and medical analyzes in the name of one of his clients who actually enjoyed excellent health . And he did all this " knowing perfectly well that he was facing Matteo Messina Denaro ", according to the Palermo prosecutor's office and the investigating judge.

In the 31 pages of the precautionary measure, the magistrate reiterated several times that the professional, who had been retired for a few months, was " aware and informed of the real identity of the patient ". For the investigating judge, the doctor has precautionary requirements such as to overcome the fact that he is over 70 years old and prison is the only adequate measure.

The magistrates, on the other hand, dispute that Andrea Bonafede went back and forth to the Tumbarello studio to deliver the medical prescriptions to the boss and the health documents that the godfather submitted to him from time to time .

Tumbarello's relationship with Messina Denaro, writes the investigating judge, dates back to the 1990s . The doctor's name appears in an old investigation into the former mayor of Castelvetrano Antonio Vaccarino. Vaccarino, a Freemason, a friend of the boss's family, turned to the doctor to arrange a meeting with Salvatore Messina Denaro, brother of the former fugitive and prominent mafioso.

The prosecutors against the citizens of Campobello di Mazara were very harsh: «All the investigations still in full and frenetic progress on the reconstruction of the phases that preceded the capture of Messina Denaro have first of all offered a cross-section ».