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Antonio Pelle tried in every way to end the feud and make peace. However, he was only able to secure that the section of the clan he headed (the "Vanchelli") was not involved in the feud that affected another element of the clan. In order to underline his non-involvement in the feud, he asked family
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Pelle disappeared from the radar screen until 1989 when several indictments were issued against him. The indictments charged Pelle for kidnapping, money laundering and mafia conspiracy together with 49 others such as the high ranking 'Ndrangheta bosses
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wanted since 1991, was arrested on March 10, 2007. During an operation in San Luca on March 4, 2008, the police discovered an underground bunker in one of the seized buildings which investigators believed was used as a hideout by Pelle.
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newspaper. The message was clear: the feud was a clash between minor elements of the clan and
Gambazza was trying to reach a peace without victors, as he had done in the past, in 1991, when the conflict started.
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In his ten years on the run Pelle never made use of telephones, cell phones, credit cards, ATMs, computers; nothing that could in any way "trace" his presence to specific locations. His son
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Pelle was charged again in 1992 and 1993 for drug trafficking. The investigations revealed how Pelle and
Giuseppe Morabito provided 340 million lire (some €170,000) to
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surgery. "It's all over, it's all over," he said to the police, who found him when they followed his wife
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is the successor at the head of the clan. One of the four sons of
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