Mario Fabbrocino
{{Short description|Italian crime boss (1943–2019)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
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| name = Mario Fabbrocino
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1943|01|05|df=y}}
| birth_place = Ottaviano, Italy
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|4|23|1943|01|05|df=yes}}
| known_for = Murder; drug trafficking; Mafia association
| conviction_penalty = Life imprisonment
| allegiance = Fabbrocino clan / Camorra
| alias = {{lang|nap|'O Gravunaro}}
{{lang|nap|Boss dei due mondi}}
| conviction_status = Deceased
(imprisoned since 2005)
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| occupation = Founder of the Fabbrocino clan
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Mario Fabbrocino ({{IPA|it|ˈmaːrjo fabbroˈtʃiːno}}; 5 January 1943 – 23 April 2019) was a powerful Italian crime boss of the Camorra – the Neapolitan mafia.
History
Mario Fabbrocino was the leader of the Fabbrocino clan, based in the Vesuvius area, with its sphere of influence around Nola, Ottaviano, San Giuseppe Vesuviano, San Gennaro Vesuviano. He was nicknamed 'o gravunaro ("the charcoal burner"){{in lang|it}} [http://www.interno.it/mininterno/export/sites/default/it/assets/files/16/0852_DIA_2semestre_2005.pdf Relazione Dia 2° semestre 2005] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100816082845/http://www.interno.it/mininterno/export/sites/default/it/assets/files/16/0852_DIA_2semestre_2005.pdf |date=2010-08-16 }} and boss dei due mondi ("boss of the two worlds"), due to his business in South America.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ilmattino.it/napoli/cronaca/camorra_morto_fabbrocino_boss_mondi-4447395.html|title=Camorra: morto Fabbrocino, il boss rivale storico di Cutolo|website=www.ilmattino.it|access-date=2019-09-26}}
He was one of the leaders of the Nuova Famiglia, created in the 1980s to face the rising power of Raffaele Cutolo's Nuova Camorra Organizzata. The feud with Cutolo intensified when Cutolo ordered the killing of Fabbrocino's brother Francesco.{{in lang|es}} [http://www.clarin.com/diario/1997/09/04/e-05501d.htm Cayó un capo de la camorra], Clarín, 4 September 1997 Fabbrocino later avenged his brothers death by ordering the murder of Cutolo's only son, Roberto, on 19 December 1990.{{cite news|title=Preso Mario Fabbrocino. Ordinò l'omicidio di Roberto Cutolo a Tradate|url=http://www3.varesenews.it/saronno_tradate/preso-mario-fabbrocino-ordino-omicidio-di-roberto-cutolo-a-tradate-26844.html|accessdate=17 December 2014|work=VareseNews|date=16 August 2005|language=Italian}}{{cite book|last1=De Stefano|first1=Bruno|title=I boss della camorra|date=7 March 2011|publisher=Newton Compton Editori|location=Rome. Italy|isbn=9788854123328|page=205|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0FSPV5_Ng0oC&pg=PT205|accessdate=17 December 2014|language=Italian}}
On the run since 1988, he was among the most wanted fugitives of Italy for a murder in 1982. He was arrested in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 3 September 1997.{{in lang|it}} [http://www.repubblica.it/2005/h/sezioni/cronaca/arrebo/arrebo/arrebo.html Camorra, il boss Fabbrocino tradito dai maccheroni al ragù], La Repubblica, 15 August 2005 After a long legal battle, he was extradited to Italy in March 2001.
He was released in July 2002 because the legal term for preventive custody had expired. However, he received an arrest warrant for cocaine trafficking and was arrested again.{{in lang|it}} [http://www.rainews24.it/Notizia.asp?NewsID=23844 Torna in carcere il boss Mario Fabbrocino], RaiNews, 9 July 2002 Fabbrocino was sentenced to 6 years and 4 months in January 2003. He was released in August 2004, due to time served (the time he had spent in jail in Argentina waiting for extradition was included).{{in lang|it}} [http://www.napolionline.org/wiki/doku.php?id=camorra:camorristi:mario_fabbrocino Fabbrocino, il boss che uccise il figlio di Cutolo]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
He was sentenced to life imprisonment on 13 April 2005, for the killing of Roberto Cutolo{{in lang|it}} [http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1990/12/21/hanno-ucciso-per-il-suo-cognome.html L'hanno ucciso per il suo cognome], La Repubblica, 21 December 1990{{in lang|it}} [http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1990/12/22/omicidio-cutolo-si-cerca-il-basista.html Omicidio Cutolo si cerca il bassista], La Repubblica, 22 December 1990 (b. 1962; the son of Raffaele Cutolo and historical enemy of Fabbrocino) on 19 December 1990, in Tradate.{{in lang|it}} [http://www3.varesenews.it/saronno_tradate/articolo.php?id=26844 Preso Mario Fabbrocino. Ordinò l'omicidio di Roberto Cutolo a Tradate], Varese News, 16 August 2005 He became a fugitive once more. On 15 August 2005, he was arrested again in his home in San Giuseppe Vesuviano.{{in lang|it}} [http://www.ilgiornale.it/a.pic1?ID=22096 Preso boss della camorra], Il Giornale, 15 August 2005
Death
On 23 April 2019, Fabbrocino died in the hospital of the Parma prison, where he was serving a life sentence.{{cite web|url=https://www.ilmattino.it/napoli/cronaca/camorra_morto_fabbrocino_boss_mondi-4447395.html |title=Camorra: morto Fabbrocino, il boss rivale storico di Cutolo |date=23 April 2019|website= Il Mattino}}
On 28 April 2019, he was buried in the cemetery of Ottaviano, his native city, with a brief private ceremony after the public funeral had been denied by the State.{{cite web|url=https://www.napolitoday.it/cronaca/funerali-mario-fabbrocino-ottaviano.html |title=Il boss Fabbrocino sepolto senza funerale nello stesso cimitero di Cutolo jr |date=29 April 2019|website= napolitoday.it}}
References
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