Nicaragua Severs Ties With Italy Over 1978 Red Brigades Fugitive Case

Nicaragua cut diplomatic relations with Italy on July 16, 2026, after Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani demanded the extradition of Alessio Casimirri, a former Red Brigades member convicted in the 1978 kidnapping and murder of Prime Minister Aldo Moro. Casimirri, who holds six life sentences, lives in Nicaragua under citizenship its constitution shields from extradition.