Ex-member of radical Marxist group scales balcony, escapes house arrest in Argentina
Summary
Leonardo Bertulazzi, a 74-year-old former member of Italy’s Red Brigades, escaped from house arrest in Buenos Aires while awaiting extradition to Italy to serve a 27-year prison sentence. Argentina’s security ministry offered a $13,000 reward for information leading to his recapture; authorities have not confirmed reports that he escaped from a fifth-floor balcony using a harness.Key Facts
- Bertulazzi was placed under house arrest in Buenos Aires in 2024.
- An Italian court sentenced him in 1987 for joining a subversive association and an armed group.
- Argentina first arrested him in 2002, released him months later, and granted him refugee status in 2004.
- Authorities arrested him again in 2024 after revoking his refugee status.
- Argentina approved his extradition to Italy in July 2025 after its supreme court rejected his final appeal.
- Police went to his residence after his ankle monitor stopped transmitting movement data and found the device discarded.
- The Red Brigades carried out attacks from 1969 to 1980 and kidnapped and killed former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro in 1978.
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