The Málaga brotherhood El Rico, is to pardon a Marbella drug trafficker this Easter on Holy Wednesday as part of a tradition which dates back to Carlos III in 1759.
According to the story, back in 1765 there was an outbreak of cholera which killed many citizens of Málaga. Due to fear of infection, during Holy Week there were no men available to carry the statue for its yearly procession. Hearing of this, the prisoners of the county jail escaped in order to carry their Christ. All of them returned to jail voluntarily after the procession and the epidemic subsided. For this reason, the King Carlos III ordered for a prisoner to be released every Holy Wednesday from then on.
The cabinet meeting on Friday granted pardons to 17 prisoners from across the country, including A.C.D., a married man from Marbella who has two children and who was sentenced to prison for three years for small scale cocaine trafficking.
The 51 year old will now have to be hooded and lead the brotherhood’s procession through the streets of Málaga on Holy Wednesday to be granted his pardon. He’s been in jail since November 11 last year, but has a good record and has been occupying his time in jail learning French and taking part in literary forums.
Other hermandades across the country also obtained pardons from the cabinet on Friday, including brotherhoods in Salobreña, Zamora, and Teruel.
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