A spokesman for the Palermo police, Agent Daniele Macaluso, said Provenzano had been arrested during the morning near Corleone, 60 km south of Palermo and was being driven back to the Sicilian capital.
En talsmand fra Palermo politi, Daniele Macaluso, udtalte at Provenzano var blevet arresteret om morgenen tæt ved Corleone omkring 60 km syd for Palermo, og ville blive kørt tilbage til den sicialnske hovedstad.