Pope Francisco rejected presidential escort

Despite the warning that the deputy attorney of Reggio Calabria , Nicola Grattari , did the pontiff Argentine danger of being in the sights of the Calabrian mafia , Francisco arrived at his meeting with President Giorgio Napolitano in a car escorted by simple small caravan.

Bergoglio yesterday rejected the ” corrazzieri ” the presidential escort for protocol visit to Italian President Giorgio Napolitano , infringing, again , the security protocol and vatican . He arrived at the Quirinal Palace in its simple Ford Focus without sirens that often accompany political and foreign dignitaries when passing through the center of Rome. Then he walked slowly in front of the honor guard and then greeted the staff and children in an informal and spontaneous .

Francisco Detachment of security protocols has emphasized from the beginning of his papacy , thus worrying Vatican guard , especially since yesterday , when the anti-Mafia prosecutor Nicola Gratteri cleaning suggested that the Vatican’s finances has raised the ire of Italian mafia .

On the other hand , the Rev. Federico Lombardi , Vatican spokesman said the Holy See was not worried . ” We are absolutely quiet ,” he said .

For his part, Police stopped Guayaquil Ecuador an Italian citizen on whom there an extradition order for the “crime of mafia-type criminal association ,” and who would be an alleged member of the Calabrian mafia , the Ministry of Interior in a statement.

Alampi Valentino ‘s arrest occurred Thursday and the extradition order was issued by the President of the National Court of Justice, ruling of 31 May 2013 , “the Ministry , which indicates that the record figure that the Italian was sought ” to serve a sentence of four years, six months , imposed by the Court of Appeal in Reggio Calabria , Italy.”