Barra, on the eastern outskirts of Naples: the "mystery of the abandoned car that the authorities are afraid to remove."
We are in via Domenico Minichino, a short street that connects Corso Bruno Buozzi with Corso Sirena, therefore in the heart of Barra, the old Barra. In the street where the remains of the old Teatro il Maestoso lie abandoned to themselves, now reduced only to the skeleton of a building.
Recently, the local police have been working tirelessly on this street to fill all the potholes and remove all the abandoned cars reported. They've removed all but one: the wreck of an old Toyota Yaris that's been sitting there for years.
The car, probably stolen, was abandoned in the garage area of via Domenico Minichino and from there over time it was vandalized and "cannibalized" of its components becoming a receptacle, gutted and dismantled full of waste. A true monument to degradation and devastation reported several times to the police to ask for its removal but never removed.
Barra, the mystery of the “untouchable” car
Legends and popular rumors swirl around the car's failure to be removed, claiming it to be "untouchable." A car, according to rumors, "the target of crimes best kept quiet, hidden," and for this reason, law enforcement is reluctant to intervene, or worse still, "afraid to intervene to remove it."
As if the removal of the car would open Pandora's box, would shed light on other situations that one wants to keep hidden, hidden. Obviously these are just popular rumors devoid of any foundation. All legends without any truth. However, it should be noted that the car has been reported to the police several times over the years by residents to ask for its removal.
Barra, also a Pec sent to the fire command
Recently, requests have even been forwarded in black and white via pec (certified electronic mail) to the Municipal Police Command, to the Sixth Municipality, to the Municipality of Naples, to the office for the removal of abandoned vehicles. Requests that have gone unheard. The Municipal Police even recently arrived on site with a tow truck with the aim of removing the Toyota Yaris, but in the end they did not remove it, taking another abandoned car and leaving the Toyota Yaris in its place.
A mystery that deepens. One wonders at this point how much truth there is in the legend of this car? Why is it not removed? Is it hiding crimes? What crimes and what truths does it hide? A mystery that deepens every day following its failure to remove.
The issue of the failure to remove this car could soon be the subject of a parliamentary question. Among the residents of Via Domenico Minichino there is a new one, recently arrived who has collected the requests of the residents to have a better, cleaner and more livable neighborhood.
Requests that he immediately translated into various reports to the relevant authorities. In fact, via Domenico Minichino is cleaner today, it is swept more, the potholes in the road surface have been filled and abandoned cars have been removed. But there is still much to do and first and foremost: remove the Toyota Yaris symbol of the degradation of a neighborhood that instead wants to rise again.
