Former leftwing terrorist Cesare
Battisti has spent his first night at a high-security jail near
Oristano, in Sardinia, after he was brought back to Italy on
Monday, ending his 37-year run as a fugitive from Italian
justice.
The 64-year-old was arrested in Bolivia at the weekend and
has finally started serving a life sentence for four murders
committed in Italy's 'years of lead' of political violence in
the 1970s and 1980s.
Justice Minister Alfonso Bonafede said will be held in
solitary confinement for six months.
Prosecutors said Battisti will serve the whole term and will
not be eligible for time off his sentence for good behaviour or
any other forms of leniency or benefits.
Battisti, a former member of the Armed Proletarians for
Communism (PAC), had recently fled from Brazil, where he had
lived openly for many years and and been granted asylum,
anticipating an order for his arrest by a Brazilian judge.
New Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro had promised to have
Battisti extradited.
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