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Cesare Battisti, The Murderer Taunting Italy

Brazil has halted the extradition of one of Italy’s most notorious criminals. Barbie Latza Nadeau and Mac Margolis on the international crisis it’s created—and how Carla Bruni got caught in the middle.

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France's first lady, Carla Bruni, is rumored to have asked former Brazilian President Luiz Inàcio Lula da Silva to waive the extradition of Cesare Battisti, who was convicted of murdering four Italians in the 1970s. (AP Photo)

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