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Red Brigades fugitive escapes house arrest in Argentina
Leonardo Bertulazzi, a 74-year-old former member of Italy's radical Marxist Red Brigades, has escaped from house arrest in Buenos Aires while awaiting extradition.
In brief
Leonardo Bertulazzi, a 74-year-old former member of Italy's radical Marxist Red Brigades, has escaped from house arrest in Buenos Aires while awaiting extradition. Leonardo Bertulazzi, a seventy four year old former Red Brigades member awaiting extradition to Italy, escaped house arrest in Buenos Aires on Wednesday…
Fugitive escapes from Buenos Aires house arrest
Leonardo Bertulazzi, a seventy four year old former member of Italy's Red Brigades, escaped from house arrest in Buenos Aires on Wednesday, Argentina's security ministry confirmed.
Bertulazzi awaited extradition for twenty seven year sentence
Authorities had placed Bertulazzi under house arrest in Buenos Aires in two thousand twenty four prior to his extradition to Italy to serve a twenty seven year prison sentence imposed in nineteen eighty seven.
Harness escape triggers manhunt and reward offer
Bertulazzi reportedly used a harness to lower himself from a fifth floor balcony.Police found his ankle monitor discarded at the house.Argentina's security ministry offered a thirteen thousand dollar reward for information leading to his recapture.
What to remember
Leonardo Bertulazzi, a seventy four year old former Red Brigades member awaiting extradition to Italy, escaped house arrest in Buenos Aires on Wednesday.
