The men who kidnapped three
Italians in Mexico on January 31 have been identified, a lawyer
for the three Neapolitans' families, Claudio Falletti, said
Monday.
He said "clear and transparent facts have emerged" from
police files.
Falletti said "the case has been perfectly reconstructed and
the truth is within reach".
Falletti recently said the three street vendors were alive.
"For the Mexican authorities our co-nationals are alive and
the investigative activity is moving in this direction," he
said.
Then Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano called for "urgent"
action to find the trio.
It has been reported by their family that the three were sold
by police to a gang in the State of Jalisco for 43 euros.
The relatives of Raffaele Russo, his son Antonio, and nephew
Vincenzo Commino have repeatedly appealed to the government to
intervene.
The Italian foreign ministry, which has confirmed that four
Mexican police have been arrested, said recently it had
reiterated to "our Mexican counterparts the importance which the
government attributes to the affair and the urgency of providing
news and certain elements to the families as soon as possible".
The three street vendors went missing in the high-crime city
of Tecaltitlan, in the State of Jalisco.
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