Nicaragua Cuts Ties With Italy Over 1978 Red Brigades Fugitive Case

Nicaragua severed diplomatic relations with Italy on July 16, 2026, after Italy's foreign minister demanded the extradition of Alessio Casimirri. A former Red Brigades member convicted in the 1978 kidnapping and murder of Prime Minister Aldo Moro, Casimirri holds six life sentences but lives in Nicaragua, whose constitution shields citizens from extradition — the legal process of handing someone over to face trial abroad.