 A movement in support of the Galleanist anarchists continued to agitate for their pardon and release.On 21 July 1927, the U.S. embassy published an article in the conservative newspaper "La Nación", which described the two Italian anarchists as common-law delinquents.On the following day, Di Giovanni and two of his anarchist comrades, Alejandro and Paulino Scarfó, blew up a statue of George Washington in Palermo, Buenos Aires, and several hours later, exploded a bomb at the Ford Motor Company.