Ex-member of radical Marxist group scales balcony, escapes house arrest in Argentina
Leonardo Bertulazzi, a former member of the Marxist guerrilla group the Red Brigades, was about to be extradited to his home country of Italy.
Key points
- He had received the sentence in 1987 for joining a subversive association and belonging to an armed group.
Authorities placed Leonardo Bertulazzi under house arrest in Buenos Aires in 2024, prior to his extradition to Italy to serve a 27-year prison sentence.
Bertulazzi used a rope and harness to climb down from a fifth-floor apartment and evade authorities in Argentina.
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