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Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo

Italy refuses to extradite priest accused of murder and torture to Argentina

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An Argentinian flag flutters in the wind at 25 de Mayo square in the town of Saladillo, Buenos Aires province, Argentina, on 9 November 2023. Photograph: Luis Robayo/AFP/Getty Images

Italy’s justice minister has refused Argentina’s request to extradite a priest accused of crimes against humanity during the country’s military dictatorship in the 1970s and 1980s.

The Rev Franco Reverberi, 86, who served as military chaplain during Argentina’s 1976-1983 military regime, faces charges related to the alleged murder in 1976 of the 20-year-old political activist José Guillermo Berón, and his alleged participation in torture.

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