Tradition has it that one of the wise men who visited Jesus as a child was of African descent, but he probably wasn't from Ghana, and he certainly wasn't visiting the Christ child in Italy circa 2025.
That guy was a wanted criminal and was only hiding out in the Nativity pretending to be one of the wise men.
But wait, there's myrrh!
According to EuroNews, the criminal was spotted by the city's mayor.
The mayor initially considered contacting organisers to congratulate them on the lifelike figure, but upon closer inspection realised it was a real person.
‘While I was standing before the nativity scene, lovingly crafted by our Pro Loco, I noticed something I'd initially mistaken for part of the scene,' Filoni wrote on Facebook.
See if you can spot the guy the mayor almost missed:
The mayor initially called another city official to help him persuade the Ghanan to leave.
But the fugitive migrant said the makeshift stable was his home now.
When police arrived to help the mayor, they identified the suspect as a fugitive who had escaped a nine month sentence in Bologna.
‘Thanks to the prompt intervention of our local police, state police, and Carabinieri, it was possible to track down and identify a fugitive and wanted person,' Filoni said.
The mayor thanked police for their work.
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