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Italian Cesare Battisti was arrested Saturday night (12) in Santa Cruz de La Sierra, Bolivia. The arrest was carried out by the Bolivian police. The information was confirmed by the Federal Police of Brazil.
The details on the arrest, nor on the next steps of the extradition of the Italian, have not yet been given.
Battisti was considered a fugitive since December 14, when the then president, Michel Temer, signed the Italian extradition decree.
The Italian was arrested on December 13 by Federal Supreme Court Minister Luiz Fux.
Cesare Battisti was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1993 for committing four murders in Italy in the 1970s.
Italian escape Cesare Battisti in an archive photo from 10/11/2017 – Photo: Gabriela Biló / Estadão Summary
Italian escape and prison in Rio
He fled Italy, lived in France and arrived in Brazil in 2004. He was arrested in Rio de Janeiro in March 2007 and two years later, the Minister of Justice, Tarso Genro
In 2007, Italy asked for her extradition and, at the end of 2009, the STF granted this request, leaving the last word to the President. of the Republic, who then denied President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. extradition.
In the past, the Italian government had asked President Michel Temer to reconsider Brazil's decision regarding Battisti, as well as last month the Attorney General's office. (PGR) has asked the Supreme Court to give priority to the trial that could lead to extradition.
Battisti denies any involvement in homicides and claims to be a victim of political persecution.
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