By Fayçal Benhassain | May 3, 2021 | 11:12pm EDT
Italian newspapers report on the Frenh arrest in France of Marxist terror fugitives, wanted for crimes carried out in the 1970s-80s. (Photo by Vincenzo Pinto/AFP via Getty Images)
Paris (CNSNews.com) – Decades after they are alleged to have been involved in a campaign of killing on behalf of radical Marxist groups in their home country, ten Italian fugitives who have lived in France for many years are now facing the prospect of being sent back to stand trial, after French President Emmanuel Macron became the first head of state to agree to Rome’s request for their extradition.
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Two of 3 ex-terrorists on the run in France turn selves in (3)
Di Marzio still at large
29 Aprile 2021
ROME, APR 29 - Two of the three former far-left
Italian ex-terrorists who evaded arrest in an operation in which
seven others were detained in France on Wednesday turned
themselves in on Thursday.
Luigi Bergamin was accompanied by his lawyer as he turned
himself in in Paris in the morning.
Raffaele Ventura turned himself later in the day, AFP reported
French justice sources as saying, and was released under
judicial control.
Maurizio Di Marzio remains at large.
The first hearings, meanwhile, are being held on Thursday for
Two of 3 ex-terrorists on the run in France turn selves in (4)
Di Marzio still at large
29 Aprile 2021
ROME, APR 29 - Two of the three former far-left
Italian ex-terrorists who evaded arrest in an operation in which
seven others were detained in France on Wednesday turned
themselves in on Thursday.
Luigi Bergamin was accompanied by his lawyer as he turned
himself in in Paris in the morning.
Raffaele Ventura turned himself later in the day, AFP reported
French justice sources as saying, and was released under
judicial control.
Maurizio Di Marzio remains at large.
The first hearings, meanwhile, are being held on Thursday for
France detains ex-members of Red Brigades sought by Italy
By AFP - Apr 28,2021 - Last updated at Apr 28,2021
The Red Brigades were the most notorious ultra-left group to sow chaos in Italy during the ‘Years of Lead’ (AFP photo)
PARIS France on Wednesday detained seven former members of left-wing Italian extremist group the Red Brigades, in a gesture ordered by President Emmanuel Macron designed to resolve a long-standing source of tension with Rome.
France has long served as a haven for Red Brigades figures from the 1970s and 80s under a policy set by former Socialist leader Francois Mitterrand, which has caused tensions with Italy.
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