Since Christmas 2020 there have been no more updates on the situation of Chico Forti, the Italian who is serving a life sentence in the United States for murder.
Almost a year ago, Minister Luigi Di Maio announced his return to Italy after the governor of Florida had accepted the request of Forti, who is now 62, concerning the benefits provided for by the Strasbourg Convention, so as to be transferred home . Then nothing.
But news emerged last night during the Big Brother Vip. The conductor Alfonso Signorini said he had received a note from the Farnesina, requested by him and by Jo Squillo (who is inside the house where he began a hunger strike to raise public awareness on this matter and that he personally knows Chico ), which reads: “The Farnesina continues to pursue with the utmost commitment - in particular through the Embassy in Washington - every possible channel that can lead as soon as possible to a solution to this sad and difficult affair. In these days high-level contacts are being intertwined which should lead to clarifications capable of favoring Chico's transfer to Italy ".
And there is more: Forti himself sent a letter to Signorini to the viewers of the program: "Alfonso, I am not lucky enough to know you personally, but after being inundated with messages relating to your interest, it is my duty to express my most sincere gratitude ... You and Jo are my media phoenix. I am attaching a reflection of mine prepared for Jo, hoping that you can read it or send it to her ... Soon I will shake your hand with a hug ... In the meantime, I wish you in the mouth of the whale for the transmission. Thanks for the fresh blood in your veins ... Chico ”. And the one for Jo Squillo: "Big sister, your announcement, or rather your request for information on how the process of my return is proceeding, has broken through the armor that 22 years have formed: a spark in the embers of my emotions ... Close to dawn, when there were few of you ... At sunset you are still next to me, flanked by millions of Italians ... It is time to observe the moon, to ask for a ride on that imaginary chariot that the ancients Egyptians believed it would bring a tired sun back to the departure station ... Your j'accuse bring out empathy in that Italy that knows no north or south, rich or poor, men or women and, least of all, political ideologies. united Italy that knows how to cope with prevarications and injustices to balance the weight of these chains. The tricolor wave of spontaneous solidarity ... As a character and as a friend, together with the millions of Big Brother viewers, you gave me back my voice with severed vocal cords. I greet you with a handful of words from Elie Wiesel who, like Ghandi and Mandela, is an undisputed champion of freedom. A punch that without hitting, invariably, manages to have a positively devastating effect in the heart of the listener. The opposite of love is not hate, it is indifference: the opposite of art is not ugly, it is indifference: the opposite of faith is not heresy, it is indifference and the opposite of life is not death, it is indifference. Your brother on the other side of the ocean, who has never stopped dreaming ... Chico ”.
The former television producer has been in prison since 2000 following the conviction relating to the murder of Dale Pike, of which he has always professed innocence. There are numerous obscure points of the story. The victim, who had an affair with the Italian, was found lifeless on a Miami beach.
(Unioneonline / ss)
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