Former Red Brigades militant flees house arrest in Argentina

Leonardo Bertulazzi, a 74-year-old former member of Italy's Red Brigades, escaped house arrest in Argentina while awaiting extradition to face a 27-year prison sentence. Authorities reported that he disabled his electronic monitor by placing it in a tube of pork with a blood pressure monitor before rappelling down from a fifth-floor balcony. Bertulazzi was originally sentenced in 1987 for joining a subversive association and belonging to an armed group. After spending years on the run, he was arrested by Argentine authorities in 2002, briefly freed, and granted refugee status in 2004, which was later revoked in 2024.