SAO PAULO – Brazil's outgoing President Michel Temer signed a decree Friday ordering the extradition of an Italian communist militant convicted of murder in his home country. The decree was signed one ...

Cesare Battisti’s return to Italy to serve a life sentence in prison may have followed arrest in Bolivia after fleeing Brazil, but the Italian government also took the opportunity to set its sights on ...

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In unison, and once again, the Italian political establishment has set off a frenzied campaign against the “terrorist” Cesare Battisti, a former political left activist, now a writer, accused of ...

A former communist militant has admitted four murders carried out in the 1970s that were part of a failed bid to spark a far-left revolution in Italy. Cesare Battisti confessed to killing a police ...

A picture issued by the Italian Ministry of Interior shows former communist militant Cesare Battisti after his arrest in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. (EPA/AAP) Italian Cesare Battisti, pictured ...

Former communist militant Cesare Battisti, jailed for life in Italy over four murders carried out in the 1970s, has confessed to the killings after decades of denying involvement, media reported ...

A former leftist militant sought by Rome for four murders in the 1970s was handed over to Italian authorities on Monday after being extradited from Bolivia. Cesare Battisti managed to remain on the ...