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he had obtained in 2004 was revoked.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refugee was revoked by the Argentinian Refugee Commission",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.
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