After ten years on the run, Juan Testa was arrested at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport. The 36-year-old Spaniard was wanted by the Italian authorities, who had put him on the list of the 30 main Italian fugitives. French police picked him up on Saturday April 25 in the morning when he got off the plane in Roissy, where he was in transit. On Europe 1, the director of international relations at the Central Directorate of the Judicial Police, Jean-Jacques Colombi, reviews the journey of this fugitive and his arrest.
"A former drug trafficker known for pimping"
"Juan Testa is a former drug trafficker, known for pimping, wanted for escape and rape. The cooperation established for thirty years with the Italian services enabled us to learn that the person concerned would undoubtedly be on a flight from from the Far East, "says Jean-Jacques Colombi.
In the past ten years, Juan Testa is said to have taken refuge first in Kyrgyzstan (a country in Central Asia), then in Taiwan, where he was also tracked down for other crimes committed on the spot. It is undoubtedly under police pressure, estimates a source close to the file, that he tried to return to Europe.
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Juan Testa to be delivered to Italian authorities "as soon as possible"
"We set up a mousetrap with the border police services and indeed, he was on the flight concerned", welcomes Jean-Jacques Colombi. "We arrested him and took him to the public prosecutor," continues the director of international relations at the central directorate of the judicial police.
Currently, Juan Testa is detained in France and will be delivered to the Italian authorities "as quickly as possible", warns Jean-Jacques Colombi, "when the Covid-19 pandemic will make things easier".