 At the time, the Italian consulate bombing was the deadliest bombing ever to take place in Argentina.Opponents of the Italian fascist government claimed derisively that the funerals of the consular employees were performed in accordance with the "fascist funeral rite", in the presence of the ambassador, the state delegate of Italian fascists in Argentina (Romualdo Matarelli), President Alvear (and his wife, Regina), and General Agustín P. Justo.On the same day, Di Giovanni attempted to bomb Benjamín Mastronardi's pharmacy, in La Boca.