Italian former leftist militant Cesare Battisti on the run for almost four decades after escaping prison was extradited to Italy after being arrested in Bolivia
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The Latest: Italy vows to extradite fugitive from BoliviaROME (AP) — The Latest on Italian fugitive militant Cesare Battisti, who has been detained in Bolivia (all times local): 10:40 a.m. Italy is vowing to have fugitive militant Cesare Battisti extradited to Italy 'as soon as possible' following his capture in Bolivia. The Foreign Ministry said in a statement Sunday that Battisti's arrest overnight was the result of a 'determined effort by Bolivian and Brazilian authorities,' together with Italy's diplomatic missions. Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero Milanesi 'confirmed that the effort will continue so that his extradition to Italy can take place as soon as possible.' Battisti escaped from an Italian prison in 1981 while awaiting trial on four counts of murder allegedly committed when he was a member of the Armed Proletarians for Communism. He was convicted in absentia in 1990. He has acknowledged membership in the group but has denied killing anyone
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Italian fugitive captured 3 decades after murder convictionA left-wing Italian militant who was convicted of murder in his home country nearly three decades ago was arrested in Bolivia, authorities said Sunday, setting the stage for a climactic end to one of Italy's longest-running efforts to bring a fugitive to justice. Hours later, Cesare...
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The Latest: Italian fugitive arrives in Rome on planeROME (AP) — The Latest on Italian fugitive captured in Bolivia (all times local): 11:45 a.m. A left-wing Italian militant who was convicted of murder three decades ago has arrived in Rome to serve a life prison sentence, after his life as a celebrity fugitive came to an abrupt end with his arrest in Bolivia by a team of Interpol agents. An Italian military aircraft carrying Cesare Battisti landed at Rome's Ciampino airport shortly after 1030 GMT (11:30 a.m. local) Monday, as snipers kept watch. Italy's justice and interior ministers, who have rejoiced that Battisti's victims will finally see justice, were on hand to turn him over to prison authorities. Battisti was arrested Saturday in Santa Cruz, Bolivia's largest city, where he was located by intelligence agents after using one of his mobile devices. Italy sent an aircraft to bring him home for the first time since he fled in 1981 as he awaited trial and dodged extradition by claiming to sympathetic left-wing governments on both sides of the Atlantic that he was a political refugee.
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