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Cesare Battisti on a photo of October 20, 2017 during an interview of AFP in Cananeia, São Paulo – AFP / Archives
The Brazilian Police still can not locate the former activist left Cesare Battisti, sentenced to prison for his extradition to Italy, where he was sentenced to life imprisonment for four homicides in the 1970s. [19659004] Extradition signed Friday by President Michel Temer was published in
The order for pre-trial detention, requested by Attorney General Raquel Dodge, was made Thursday by Foreign Minister Luiz Fux , from the Federal Supreme Court, in order to "avoid the risk of flight" and
According to CBN radio, an Italian military aircraft is already at Guarulhos International Airport, near São Paulo, to bring back Battisti in his native country.
Download original text Federal police officers have started an operation to find the former activist, but this one has not been found yet, even if it was not there. has not been officially declared fugitive.
The agents went to the Italian residence in Cananeia, where he has lived for years, but he has not been found.
On Friday, shortly before the announcement of the signing of the extradition, the defense of Cesare Battisti appealed to the Supreme Court of a "reconsideration of the decision" on Thursday within the framework of One last attempt at detention.
He however stated that he did not know where his client was, with whom he had said he had not spoken since the end of last month.
Battisti in Cananeia revealed to the O Globo newspaper that the Italian had not been seen since the victory of the far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro to the presidency on October 28.
According to one of his neighbors, he followed the result of the vote in a small local restaurant, but this was no longer seen.
"It was the last day he appeared here, he came every day, drank beer and read the newspaper."
Battisti, who denies the charges against him, was a member of the Forces group Proletarian Armies of Communism (PAC), which Italy lived in the "lead years", marked mainly by the attacks and kidnappings of red brigades.
For three decades, the activist has fled between Mexico and France, where he had a brilliant career as a writer, before escaping in Brazil in 2004. He married a Brazilian and had a son born in 2013. In 2010, the court authorized his extradition to Italy, but the then president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, granted him one day before the end of his term on
The extradition of Battisti to was requested by all the governments of Italy, both center-left and center-right.
This was again a topical theme with the ascent of Bolsonaro, captain of the army. in reserve, nostalgic of the military dictatorship (1964-1985) and vehement anti-left.
Bolsonaro reiterates his position several times, in a gesture hailed by Italian Interior Minister and Italian ultranationalist Deputy Minister Matteo Salvini [19659004] However, that is Temer, who s'. was also pronounced in favor of extradition, which signed the order.
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