The story of the murals in homage to crime is also making waves abroad
The case of the mural dedicated to the baby-robber Ugo Russo, killed during an attempted robbery, continues to make noise not only in Naples, but also beyond the Italian borders. The newspaper El Pais and the Spanish state TV dedicate a special and an article to the issue: “Blood, painting and altars: chronicle of Neapolitan violence.”.
Meanwhile, the “Truth and Justice for Ugo Russo” committee, which continues to ask the institutions not to remove the large painting in honor of the baby robber of the Spanish Quarters, is plastering the streets of the area with illegal posters that have even been found in Rome, in the Termini area, as reported by a citizen to the Regional Councilor of Europa Verde Francesco Emilio Borrelli.
"This committee is asking for the protection of an unauthorized work that celebrates a robber and it is also doing so through the illegal posters that they are plastering the walls of the city and they are not ours. It is also due to people like this, this culture and propaganda of delinquency, that too often Naples has become synonymous with violence and crime in the world. If our city is continually the object of clichés, stereotypes and discrimination we must say 'thank you' to those who continue to spread and support the culture of delinquency and the apology of the Camorra. Now, we must remedy these shortcomings, we must stop the spread of this criminal mentality by erasing all the symbols and celebrations of bosses, Camorra members and criminals from the city. Away with all the murals and illegal altars of the Camorra, immediately," declared Councilor Borrelli.
Article published on March 6, 2021 - 20pm
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