“We recognize the concerns” –

The lights of media attention on the case of Matteo Falcinelli, the Italian student arrested with extremely violent methods by the Miami police, do not go out. A spokesperson for the US State Department even admitted a problem for the first time: “We recognize the concerns raised by the Italian government and the Falcinelli family regarding the circumstances of Matteo Falcinelli’s arrest in Miami. We understand that the Miami police have opened an internal investigation into this case. We will continue to monitor these developments.”

The US State Department, explained the spokesperson interviewed by the ANSA website, “works diligently to ensure that US law enforcement agencies comply with their legal obligations regarding notification and consular access when foreign citizens are detained in the United States, in accordance with applicable national law and in accordance with international obligations, in the same manner that we expect foreign governments to treat U.S. citizens abroad.” The issue has been on the table of the Foreign Ministry for weeks, as Antonio Tajani confirmed: “The consulate has been following the matter from day one. After the videos of the arrest I called the US ambassador”.