Pope visits mafia clan heartland

Valerie Castro

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Pope Francis visited the heartland of one of Italy’s most feared mafias as he travelled to the hometown of a toddler killed in a clan war. “It must never again happen that a child suffers in this way,” the pope said as he met relatives of “Coco” Campolongo. The 3-year-old was shot dead in January in the turf of the powerful ‘Ndrangheta mafia in an apparent mob hit over money. Coco was shot in the head, executed along with his grandfather and his Moroccan companion after a drug debt went unpaid.

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