Red Brigades member Leonardo Bertulazzi arrested in Argentina: he had been a fugitive since 1980, he must serve 27 years

(ANSA) – ROME, AUGUST 29 – Red Brigades fugitive Leonardo Bertulazzi has been arrested in Argentina and will be extradited to Italy following the revocation of the refugee status he had obtained in 2004. Bertulazzi must serve 27 years for kidnapping, subversive association and armed gang. A fugitive since 1980, he was among those responsible for the kidnapping of engineer Piero Costa in Genoa in 1977. The kidnapping was aimed at acquiring financial means to finance terrorist activity; 50 million lire were used to purchase the apartment at via Montalcini 8 in Rome, where Aldo Moro was held prisoner for the period of his kidnapping. The Argentine Police carried out the restrictive measure in the presence of Italian Intelligence and managers and operators of the police forces serving at the Central Directorate of Prevention Police, the Genoa Digos and the Service for International Police Cooperation, present in Buenos Aires for several weeks. (ANSA).