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How Does a 74-Year-Old in Argentina Escape House Arrest on the Fifth Floor?
The New York Times • • world
Key Points:
- Leonardo Bertulazzi, a former member of a far-left militant group involved in the 1978 kidnapping and murder of Italy’s prime minister, faced imminent extradition from Argentina to Italy, where he was sentenced to 27 years for terrorism-related crimes.
- Bertulazzi, 74, was under house arrest in Buenos Aires with police stationed nearby and required to wear an ankle monitor, despite having suffered three strokes in recent years.
- On a day when Buenos Aires law enforcement was focused on a papal visit, Bertulazzi escaped from his apartment between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m., leaving behind a tampered ankle monitor and a suspicious metal box with wires that prompted a bomb disposal response.
- Authorities are investigating the circumstances of his flight as his ankle monitor falsely indicated he was still at the apartment during his escape.
