Italy and Nicaragua are at odds because of a terrorist, former member of the Red Brigades: Alessio Casimirri. “Italy will continue to demand that Casimirri answer before the Italian justice system for the crimes he has been found guilty of,” emphasized Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani. The message is addressed to Managua. Casimirri fled Italy in 1982 and took refuge in Nicaragua. Italy has repeatedly requested his extradition. The Nicaraguan government has always refused, relying on the citizenship he acquired.
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He played a role in the kidnapping of Aldo Moro
Former Red Brigades member, Casimirri also played a role in the kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro. Unlike other brigatists involved in Moro’s kidnapping, Casimirri never served a day in prison. Sentenced to life imprisonment definitively in Italy in 1988, that year the Ministry of Justice formally requested the Nicaraguan authorities to extradite the fugitive, without positive results. Meanwhile, Casimirri had acquired Nicaraguan citizenship and the request from Rome, reiterated and resubmitted several times over the decades, found no openings also because the Nicaraguan Constitution does not allow the extradition of its own citizens.
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In the Central American country, he participated in the Sandinista guerrilla against the Contras, obtained Nicaraguan citizenship, and started some business activities (including fish restaurants in Managua).
The diplomatic rupture
In recent hours, Tajani has strongly renewed the extradition request, calling the protection offered by the local government to a convict for the via Fani massacre unacceptable. The Nicaraguan government immediately reacted, announcing the decision to formally break all diplomatic relations with Italy.
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