Italian former leftist
terrorist Cesare Battisti "broke the relationship of trust" with
Brazil by trying to leave the country "without a precise reason"
last week, Justice Minister Torquato Jardim told BBC Brazil
Friday.
Caught on his way to Bolivia in a taxi, Jardim said, "he said
he was going to get fishing equipment, but he broke the
relationship of trust because he committed an illegal act and
was leaving the country with money above the permitted limit,
without an apparent motive".
Battisti's extradition to Italy is a "sovereign act" on the
part of the Brazilian government under a bilateral treaty
between the two countries, Jardim told BBC Brasil, confirming
President Michel Temer's intention to send Battisti back to
serve two life terms for four 1970s murders.
Italian Justice Minister Andrea Orlando on Friday hailed the
shift in Brazil's position on extraditing Battisti as stated by
Jardim.
Orlando voiced the hope that extradition would now be carried
out, having made all the necessary moves.
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