Uruguay recaptures Argentine who escaped with Mafia boss Rocco Morabito
By DW
29 June 2019 |
4:52 pm
Leonardo Abel Sinopoli Azcoaga was one of four prisoners to escape the city-center prison in Uruguay while the security cameras were switched off. The Argentine was detained as he tried to cross the border into Brazil.
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