Paris and Rome revive the case of the Italian Red Brigades.
Seven former Red Brigadiers, condemned in Italy for acts of terrorism committed during "the lead years" of the decades of 1970 and 1980, were arrested in France on Wednesday April 28 in the morning, at the request of Italy, announced the 'Elysium.
Three other former members of these groups are wanted
The Italian authorities had initially requested the extradition of 200 individuals but "an important bilateral preparatory work (...) led to the retention of the most serious crimes" and the "10 requests transmitted to the Court of Appeal of Paris enter strictly within the framework of the 'Mitterrand doctrine', since it is a question of crimes of blood ", specifies one at the Elysee.
Former socialist president François Mitterrand made a verbal commitment in 1985 not to extradite former Italian far-left activists who had taken refuge in France, with the exception of those who had committed blood crimes.
Since the 2000s, the French government has engaged in a dialogue with the Italian authorities on this issue and the extradition requests presented by Italy, in particular for former members of the Red Brigades, are re-examined on a case-by-case basis by the French courts. , in particular the situations concerning the most serious facts.
With AFP and Reuters
>> See also: Return ticket: The years of lead in Italy, the trauma of a decade of violence
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