Brazil extradites Spain to author of killing in Atocha

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(CNN Spanish) - Brazil extradited Spain to the Spanish fugitive Carlos García Juliá, who was sentenced to 193 years in prison for an attack committed in Madrid in 1977 and known as “the Atocha Massacre”, according to a report by the Ministry of Justice and Public Safety of Brazil.

The information was also confirmed on Twitter by the president of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, who recalled that the extradited one "43 years ago killed 5 people in the Atocha attack."

43 years ago he killed 5 people in the Atocha attack. A massacre that could not stop the desire for freedom of an entire society. Today Democracy and Justice triumph again. Today one of his murderers, Carlos García Juliá, arrives in Madrid after being extradited by Brazil. https://t.co/AX5EgutST3

- Pedro Sánchez (@sanchezcastejon) February 7, 2020

On Twitter, the president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, also reported deportation and said his country "will no longer be a refuge for terrorists or criminals."