{
  "id": 19894170,
  "title": "Un exbrigadista italiano se descuelga de un quinto piso en Buenos Aires para evitar su extradición",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/un-exbrigadista-italiano-se-descuelga-de-un-quinto-piso-en-buenos",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-14T01:01:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MercoPress",
    "slug": "mercopress",
    "url": "https://en.mercopress.com/2026/11/14/un-exbrigadista-italiano-se-descuelga-de-un-quinto-piso-en-buenos-aires-para-evitar-su-extradicion"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On Tuesday, 74-year-old former Italian Red Brigades member Leonardo Bertulazzi made headlines in Buenos Aires by escaping from house arrest through a dramatic escape. The daring exbrigadist abandoned his electronic ankle tag, which simulated a human leg's temperature, pressure, and humidity, by attaching it to a makeshift device. This ingenious contraption fooled Argentine security systems, preventing any alerts from being triggered. In a swift move, Bertulazzi descended the rear of the San Telmo building where he resided, evading police stationed inside. A video captures his exit, as he descends a few flights to the street, crosses a gate, and ultimately disappears into the Argentine night. The government is offering a substantial 20 million pesos as a reward for his capture. His wife, a German doctor, remains missing, adding to the mystery surrounding his disappearance. His daughter, Claudia, revealed in an interview with La Repubblica that her father's extradition decision was fueled by fear that he would face life imprisonment without the chance of a retrial. A lawyer for Bertulazzi called the escape a \"desperate decision,\" noting that the ex-soldier had suffered three strokes. Born a mountaineer, Bertulazzi was convicted in absentia by Italian courts, receiving a 27-year prison sentence for his involvement in the kidnapping of Pietro Costa in 1977. He fled Italy in 1980 and found refuge in Argentina in the early 2000s. Initially arrested in 2002, he was granted refugee status and lived in San Telmo for two decades before his arrest in August 2024. The Supreme Court granted his extradition in July 2025, following Italy's assurances of a retrial, which he later lost on November 3.",
  "summary": "Leonardo Bertulazzi, a 74-year-old former member of Italy’s Red Brigades, escaped from house arrest in Buenos Aires on Tuesday by abseiling with a rope and harness from a fifth floor, after leaving his electronic ankle tag on a homemade device that simulated a human leg, to avoid imminent extradition to Italy. Argentine police on Friday arrested a Uruguayan man and a Salvadoran woman, identified…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Buenos Aires Times",
        "title": "Gas explosion in suburb of Buenos Aires injures at least 20",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/gas-explosion-in-suburb-of-buenos-aires-injures-at-least-20",
        "published": "2026-11-13T17:02:40.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}