Quote: A prominent militant Italian communist wanted for four murders committed in the 1970s was arrested in Bolivia on Saturday, after being recorded using a fake beard as a disguise.

Cesare Battisti was a member of the Italian terror group the Armed Proletarians for Communism (PAC,) who fought during Italy's violent and chaotic "Years of Lead," a period from the 1960s to 1980s.

He was arrested by Interpol in the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra wearing a fake beard and sunglasses, according to Italy's Corriere della Sera newspaper. He had been on the run since 1981. He also denies all four murders.

On Sunday, Italian state police tweeted a short video of Battisti in disguise just before his arrest:

Eduardo Bolsonaro, the president of Brazil, tweeted an image of Battisti on his way back to Italy, in which he can be seen clean-shaven.

He wrote, in Italian, that Battistie is a "little gift" for Italy, and that his arrest shows Brazil is "no longer a land of bandits."

He is wanted for involvement in four murders. He was convicted in absentia of killing two police officers, Corriere della Sera wrote. He is also wanted in connection with the killings of a jeweler and a butcher

According to the paper, the 64-year-old fled Italy for France in 1981 after he was a convicted for being a member of the illegal PAC in 1979. He then moved to Mexico, then found asylum in Brazil in 2010, it said.

He spent eight years under Brazilian protection, but fled to neighboring Bolivia after the authorities in Brazil changed their mind and issued a warrant for his arrest.

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Quote:and that his arrest shows Brazil is "no longer a land of bandits.

Wouldn't that be banditos?

(01-14-2019 04:45 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:  

Quote: A prominent militant Italian communist wanted for four murders committed in the 1970s was arrested in Bolivia on Saturday, after being recorded using a fake beard as a disguise.

Cesare Battisti was a member of the Italian terror group the Armed Proletarians for Communism (PAC,) who fought during Italy's violent and chaotic "Years of Lead," a period from the 1960s to 1980s.

He was arrested by Interpol in the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra wearing a fake beard and sunglasses, according to Italy's Corriere della Sera newspaper. He had been on the run since 1981. He also denies all four murders.

On Sunday, Italian state police tweeted a short video of Battisti in disguise just before his arrest:

Eduardo Bolsonaro, the president of Brazil, tweeted an image of Battisti on his way back to Italy, in which he can be seen clean-shaven.

He wrote, in Italian, that Battistie is a "little gift" for Italy, and that his arrest shows Brazil is "no longer a land of bandits."

He is wanted for involvement in four murders. He was convicted in absentia of killing two police officers, Corriere della Sera wrote. He is also wanted in connection with the killings of a jeweler and a butcher

According to the paper, the 64-year-old fled Italy for France in 1981 after he was a convicted for being a member of the illegal PAC in 1979. He then moved to Mexico, then found asylum in Brazil in 2010, it said.

He spent eight years under Brazilian protection, but fled to neighboring Bolivia after the authorities in Brazil changed their mind and issued a warrant for his arrest.

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Eduardo Bolsonaro is going to clean house. I just hope the people protecting him are willing to lay down their lives for him...