Bertulazzi detained in Argentina under 'special regime'

(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 30 - Red Brigades (BR) fugitive Leonardo Bertulazzi, who was arrested Thursday in Buenos Aires, Argentina, after being wanted by Italian judicial authorities for four decades, is detained under a special regime and not in a common prison, well-informed sources told ANSA on Friday.
    Bertulazzi will be extradited to Italy after the refugee status he had obtained in 2004 was revoked.
    He must serve a 27-year prison term in Italy after being convicted on charges of abduction, subversive association and belonging to an armed group.
    A fugitive since 1980, he was responsible for the abduction of engineer Piero Costa in Genoa in 1977 as a member of the Red Brigades (BR) terrorist group. The office of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni late on Thursday expressed "deep appreciation" to Argentinian authorities for carrying out Bertulazzi's arrest, "already sentenced in Italy to 27 years in prison for crimes of terrorism, after his status of refugee was revoked by the Argentinian Refugee Commission", according to a statement. (ANSA).