Ex-member of radical Marxist group scales balcony, escapes house arrest in Argentina

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• The Guardian
  Ex-member of radical Marxist group scales balcony, escapes house arrest in Argentina

  <p>Leonardo Bertulazzi, 74, awaiting extradition to Italy, reportedly used harness to flee custody</p><p>A 74-year-old former member of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/italy">Italy</a>’s radical Marxist group the Red Brigades has escaped from house arrest in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/argentina">Argentina</a>, the country’s security ministry confirmed on Wednesday, after he reportedly hid his ankle monitor inside a tube of pork and lowered himself from a fifth-floor balcony.</p><p>Authorities placed Leonardo Bertulazzi under house arrest in Buenos Aires in 2024, prior to his extradition to Italy to serve a 27-year prison sentence. He had received the sentence in 1987 for joining a subversive association and belonging to an armed group.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/11/red-brigades-leonardo-bertulazzi-escapes-house-arrest-argentina">Continue reading...</a>

  Wed, 11 Nov 2026 19:00:33 GMT

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