Fugitive mafia cocaine trafficker posed by Pablo Escobar's grave

Luigi Belvedere has been arrested in Medellín after almost four years on the run in Colombia.

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Luigi Belvedere, one of Italy's most wanted men, was tracked down to the city of Medellín, where infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar's cartel was based.

Italian police released an image of Belvedere posing beside Escobar's tomb when they announced his arrest.

Despite fleeing Europe to evade trafficking charges, he continued to be "active in the organisation of drug shipments from South America to Europe", police said.

Belvedere, believed to be around 32 years old, was on the Italian government's list of most dangerous fugitives.

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