Brazil's Supreme Tribunal has affirmed a decision by the country's former president to reject the extradition of Italian fugitive Cesare Battisti. The court ruled that Battisti should be freed from Brazilian prison immediately.
Italy's foreign ministry responded to the Wednesday night ruling with a promise to take the issue to the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands.
The Brazilian judges found, by a vote of 6-3, that former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's decision to deny Battisti's extradition was "an act of national sovereignty" that the high court could not reverse.
Battisti was condemned to life in prison in Italy for four murders he denies committing in the 1970s while a member of an extremist left-wing group.
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