Italy is "such an
arrogant country" that "they are convinced it will be an easy
task for them to get me out" of Brazil, former leftist terrorist
Cesare Battisti told Brazilian daily Folha de S.Paulo Friday,
saying Italy's attitude towards him was one of "pride and
vanity".
Brazilian President Michel Temer has an opportunity to "make
a great act of justice and humanity" towards him in letting him
stay on as a political refugee, Battisti told the Brazilian
daily.
"I would like President Temer to become deeply aware of the
situation, also because he has all the judicial and political
instruments to carry out an act of humanity and leave me here"
in Brazil, said Battisti amid reports Temer is shaping to grant
extradition to Italy to serve two life sentences for four 1970s
murders.
Justice Minister Torquato Jardim told BBC Brazil Friday that
Battisti "broke the relationship of trust" with Brazil by trying
to leave the country "without a precise reason" when he was
stopped in a taxi en route to Bolivia last week.
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".
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