Brazil extradites Chilean leftist guerrilla convicted of murdering Pinochet ally

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Brazil extradites Chilean leftist guerrilla convicted of murdering Pinochet ally

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Brazil said on Tuesday it had extradited to Chile a leftist guerrilla convicted of the murder of a Chilean politician allied with former dictator Augusto Pinochet.


FILE PHOTO: Chilean political extremist Mauricio Hernandez Norambuena (2nd L-front) is escorted by policemen in Sao Paulo, February 4, 2002. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker/File Photo

Mauricio Hernandez Norambuena, a member of leftist group Manuel Rodriguez Patriotic Front (FPMR), was convicted in Chile of the 1991 murder of Chilean Senator Jaime Guzman. Hernandez eventually fled to Cuba and to Brazil, where he was jailed 10 years later for kidnapping advertising executive Washington Olivetto in Sao Paulo.

Brazil’s conservative president, Jair Bolsonaro, said on social media that his government’s decision to extradite Hernandez for the decades-old crime was proof the two countries were overcoming former differences.

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