Kidnapper, 74, escapes from house arrest in Argentina by abseiling from balcony28 minutes agoVanessa Buschschlüter,Latin America online editorandPaul Kirby,Europe digital editor
AFP via Getty Images Leonardo Bertulazzi, on the right looking at the camera, is escorted by Argentine police after his arrest on 4 November, 2002 in Buenos Aires. Bertulazzi is wearing a black jacket on top of a red T-shirt. His hands are handcuffed behind his back. He is wearing rimless glasses, has a grey beard and grey hair. Police officials are standing next to him with their backs to the camera. AFP via Getty Images
Leonardo Bertulazzi was first arrested in Buenos Aires in 2002

A 74-year-old Italian man who was found guilty of a kidnapping carried out by a far-left militant group in the 1970s has escaped while under house arrest in Argentina and is on the run.

Leonardo Bertulazzi used a harness to abseil down from a fifth-floor balcony in the capital, Buenos Aires.