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Italian kidnapper escapes house arrest in Buenos Aires
A 74-year-old Red Brigades member convicted of a 1970s kidnapping abseils from a fifth-floor balcony while under electronic monitoring in Argentina.
In brief
A 74-year-old Red Brigades member convicted of a 1970s kidnapping abseils from a fifth-floor balcony while under electronic monitoring in Argentina. Leonardo Bertulazzi, a seventy four year old Italian convicted of kidnapping for the Red Brigades, escaped house arrest in Buenos Aires by abseiling from a balcony after…
Fugitive abseils from balcony
Leonardo Bertulazzi, seventy four, used a harness to abseil down from a fifth floor balcony in Buenos Aires while under house arrest awaiting extradition to Italy.
Monitor tampered to hide escape
Bertulazzi prised open his electronic ankle monitor and tampered with it so it continued transmitting body temperature readings even after he removed it and fled.
Convicted of nineteen seventies kidnapping
Bertulazzi was sentenced in absentia in Italy for the nineteen seventy seven kidnapping of Italian naval engineer Pietro Costa, carried out by the Red Brigades.
Decades as fugitive before arrest
He lived freely in Argentina after being granted refugee status in two thousand four, until his re arrest in two thousand twenty four when right wing president Javier Milei took office.
Manhunt under way across Argentina
A nationwide manhunt is now under way. Italian media say his extradition to Italy had been imminent after his last appeal was rejected before his escape.
The one thing
Leonardo Bertulazzi, a seventy four year old Italian convicted of kidnapping for the Red Brigades, escaped house arrest in Buenos Aires by abseiling from a balcony after tampering with his electronic ankle monitor.
