French police on Monday arrested the
10th and final Italian former terrorist who escaped when nine
others were arrested at the end of April in a historic move by
France.
Former Red Brigades (BR) militant Maurizio Di Marzio was
arrested Monday morning in Paris, the Italian justice ministry
said.
A Rome court on July 8 ruled that his alleged crimes have not
timed out under the statute of limitations.
Di Marzio has been sentenced to 15 years in jail for a series of
attacks including on Rome job placement office manager Enzo
Retrosi in 1981 and the attempted kidnapping of the deputy head
of the DIGOS security police in the Italian capital, Nicola
Simone, on January 6, 1982.
Rome has long been pressing Paris to arrest a long list of
former terrorists who have taken refuge from Italian justice in
France.
The BR committed many atrocities during Italy's years of lead of
political violence in the 1970s and 80s, including the
kidnapping and murder of former premier Aldo Moro in 1978.
On April 28 former BR members Enzo Calvitti, Giovanni Alimonti,
Roberta Cappelli, Marina Petrella and Sergio Tornaghi, plus
Giorgio Pietrostefani of Lotta
Continua and Narciso Manenti of the Nuclei Armati contro il
Potere Territoriale group were arrestdd in France.
The next day two others, Luigi Bergamin and Raffaele
Ventura, gave themselves up.
All 10 have been convicted of terrorism-related crimes.
A statement by French President Emmanuel Macron's office said
his administration had wanted to solve an issue that has long
caused tension with Rome.
Under the "Mitterrand Doctrine" Paris allowed former left-wing
terrorists to stay in France and not get extradited to Italy as
long as they pledged to renounce violence.
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