Chico Forti in Italy: “I dreamed of this moment every day. I only said I was guilty for the extradition” – News

Chico Forti is in Italy, released after 24 years, after a life sentence in Florida for the murder of Dale Pike, which occurred on February 15, 1998. The plane with Forti on board landed at the military airport of Pratica di Sea, the prime minister is waiting for him Giorgia Meloni. “I dreamed of this moment every day”, said Chico Forti, interviewed by Tg1. Chico Forti reiterated that he considered himself innocent: “I had to plead guilty to get extradition, it’s the only reason why I did it”, he told Tg1.

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“I can’t wait to hug my mother again.” These are the first words of Chico Forti, just landed, for his 96-year-old mother. Forti appeared, to those who saw him, visibly moved even during the meeting with the Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni whom he thanked.

“We will make an application to have permission for the prisoner to visit his mother who is 96 years old and cannot move. The mother, Loner Forti, is in Trento and I think she hasn’t seen her son for about ten years.” This is stated by the lawyer Carlo Della Vedova, Chico Forti’s lawyer in Italy. The humanitarian aspect, the lawyer pointed out, also “accelerated the procedure and was also considered by the Court of Appeal of Trento when the American ruling was implemented”.

Chico Forti will be transferred to Rebibbia prison. He will stay in the Roman penitentiary for a few days and then perhaps be transferred to the Verona prison already Monday.

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Enrico (Chico) Forti met Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni who last March, on the occasion of her mission to the United States, had obtained consent for the transfer of her compatriot, pursuant to the Strasbourg Convention. The process started from here and ended in record time on Wednesday 15 May when the hearing took place in which Forti signed the agreement with the US federal judge to serve the remainder of his sentence in Italy on the basis of Italian law . Sources from Palazzo Chigi underline this.

Chico Forti will be notified of the order to execute the sentence, signed by the Attorney General of Trento. Once the political issue had been resolved in recent months, the executive part was the responsibility of the Ministry of Justice which, with work behind the scenes, coordinated the procedures by addressing the technical issues on both the American and Italian fronts.

“This is a special day, it is the day! Today we can say that we have not done everything in vain: even if many times we have lost hope and it seemed that this objective could not be achieved, instead it happened, also thanks to those who managed it well this important step.” As, in a video message, Gianni Forti, Chico’s uncle. “His example of resistance, of his tenacity stimulated us to pay close attention to him, and to ensure that one day he could set foot again in his country, among his people”, he added.

The hope of family and friends is that “this affair which has been going on for 25 years can be quickly concluded”. They also point out that “the intervention of the Meloni government in recent weeks has accelerated the process”.

The return to Italy is “good news”, underlines the lawyer Carlo Delle Vedove, one of the lawyers, speaking to ANSA. “Forti’s transfer to Italy is the completion of all the judicial procedures undertaken before the US authorities”, added the lawyer. “We last spoke with Forti on Monday, he was a little anxious, we spoke every Monday. We thank all the Italian and American authorities who followed his case”, concluded Delle Vedove.

“Chico Forti has returned to Italy. The Italian Government’s job fair. I would like to thank the Italian diplomacy and the United States authorities again for their collaboration”. So on fb the prime minister Giorgia Meloni.

“It is a day of joy and satisfaction for the entire country: Chico Forti’s return to Italy – awaited for years – is first and foremost a success for President Giorgia Meloni and an extraordinary political and diplomatic achievement, the result of intense and fruitful institutional collaboration at all levels. The talks that took place alongside the G7 Justice last week in Venice were also essential in accelerating the final delivery procedures – which were completed in record time since the formalization of the consensus complex, followed with extreme care by the competent ministerial bodies whom I would like to warmly thank: the collaboration – in the most rigorous and dutiful confidentiality – between all the institutions has allowed Chico Forti to finally return home”.
Thus the Minister of Justice, Carlo Nordio.

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