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Thursday, November 12, 2026 · UTC
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Red Brigades fugitive, 39 years into a sentence he never served, escapes again

Leonardo Bertulazzi climbed down from a fifth-floor flat in Buenos Aires on a rope, shortly before he was to be sent to Italy. He had tampered with his ankle monitor.

Delphine Achebe
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Leonardo Bertulazzi escaped house arrest in Buenos Aires.[1] He used a harness and rope to climb down from a fifth-floor apartment.[2] He tampered with his electronic ankle monitor during the escape.[3] He got out shortly before his planned extradition to Italy.[4] The sentence Bertulazzi is a former member of Italy's Red Brigades.[5] The Red Brigades were a far-left armed group active in the 1970s and 1980s.[6] He was sentenced to 27 years in prison in Italy in 1987.[7] He was convicted in absentia for involvement in the kidnapping and death of Aldo Moro, Al Jazeera reported.[8] He has not served it. The sentence is 39 years old. Twenty-four years in Argentina He was arrested in Argentina in 2002.[9] Argentina revoked his refugee status in 2024.[10] He had been under house arrest in Buenos Aires since August of that year.[11] Argentina's Supreme Court approved his extradition in 2025.[12] The second report dates the approval to July of that year.[13] So the state held him at home for more than two years, won the right to send him back, and lost him before it did. The search Argentina's Security Ministry offered a reward of 20 million pesos for him.[14]
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  1. Leonardo Bertulazzi escaped house arrest in Buenos Aires. · batimes.com.arArgentina
  2. Bertulazzi used a harness and rope to climb down from a fifth-floor apartment. · aljazeera.comQatar
  3. Bertulazzi tampered with his electronic ankle monitor during escape. · aljazeera.comQatar
  4. Bertulazzi escaped shortly before planned extradition to Italy. · batimes.com.arArgentina
  5. Leonardo Bertulazzi is a former member of Italy's Red Brigades. · aljazeera.comQatar
  6. The Red Brigades were an Italian far-left armed group active in the 1970s and 1980s. · aljazeera.comQatar
  7. Bertulazzi was sentenced to 27 years prison in Italy in 1987. · batimes.com.arArgentina
  8. Bertulazzi was convicted in absentia in Italy for involvement in Aldo Moro's kidnapping and death. · aljazeera.comQatar
  9. Bertulazzi was arrested in Argentina in 2002. · batimes.com.arArgentina
  10. Argentina revoked Bertulazzi's refugee status in 2024. · aljazeera.comQatar
  11. Bertulazzi was under house arrest in Buenos Aires since August 2024. · batimes.com.arArgentina
  12. Argentina's Supreme Court approved Bertulazzi's extradition in 2025. · aljazeera.comQatar
  13. Argentina approved Bertulazzi's extradition in July 2025. · batimes.com.arArgentina
  14. Argentina's Security Ministry offered a 20 million pesos reward for Bertulazzi. · aljazeera.comQatar
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