Jesus is still hanging on the one in the center.
The two thieves who left their place on the cross probably hold some good position in the city administration, or who knows, maybe even in the Catholic Church's current hierarchy
I love the sarcastic comment about this, well I think the reason why the two thieves were not shown was that they didn't want to take the attention away from Christ which is the sole purpose of the statue being erected.
That's probably true. 🙂 Sounds reasonable.