Brazilian President Denies Italian Extradition Request of Convicted Assassin

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Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Author: 
by Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
27
Issue: 
3
Abstract: 
On December 31, 2010, his last day as President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva decided after meeting with the General Attorney of Brazil (Advogado Geral da União - AGU) Luis Inácio Adams, that former leftist activist Cesare Battisti, convicted and sentenced to a life imprisonment for four assassinations during the 1970s, will remain in the country, notwithstanding the Italian extradition request...(more)...