Italian ex-militant Battisti detained

Cesare Battisti, an Italian sought by Rome for four murders attributed to a far-left group in the 1970s, has been detained in Bolivia and will be extradited to Brazil, a senior aide to Brazil’s new president said on Sunday. Battisti was detained late Saturday in Bolivia and will be soon brought to Brazil, from where he will probably be sent to Italy to serve a life sentence. —

AP Italy has repeatedly sought the extradition of Battisti, who has been living in Brazil for years. —