Leftist militant Battisti to be sent back to Italy after arrest in Bolivia

By Stephen Jewkes MILAN (Reuters) - Italian former leftist guerrilla Cesare Battisti, convicted of murder and on the run for almost four decades after escaping prison, will be extradited to Italy after being arrested in Bolivia, officials said on Sunday. "Cesare Battisti will be back in Italy in the coming hours on a flight from Santa Cruz to Rome," Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte tweeted after a phone call with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.

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