CNA: Following the gesture, ANSA reports that the Italian Carabinieri, a branch of the police, accompanying the statue abandoned the procession and later called anti-mafia prosecutors, who are investigating whether or not the stop was planned, and who is responsible.
Although such acts of reverence are frequent due to the fact that the local mafia, referred to as the “’Ndrangheta” in Calabria, are often prominently involved in the church, the Carabinieri’s abandonment of the procession marks a first for local papers, and signifies a condemnation of the homage paid to the mafia leader. More on this here.
