20 million peso reward for fugitive Leonardo Bertulazzi

The Ministry of National Security offered a reward of TWENTY MILLION PESOS (20,000,000) to those who provide useful data to determine the whereabouts and achieve the capture of Leonardo Bertulazzi, a fugitive from an extradition process to be tried in the Italian Republic. The decision was formalized by Resolution 1168/2026 (RESOL-2026-1168-APN-MSG), signed by Minister Alejandra Susana Monteoliva on November 10, 2026, and published in the Official Gazette of the Argentine Republic on November 11, 2026.

The offer was issued within the framework of the National Rewards Program created by Law No. 26,538, which enables the implementing authority to offer monetary compensation to those who, without having intervened in the event, provide information for the apprehension of those responsible. The amount was set based on Annex II of RESOL-2019-828-APN-MSG, which allows for the modification of values according to the complexity and gravity of the crime. The processing was recorded in file EX-2026-108914327- -APN-UOPNR#MSG.

The urgent request from the Federal Judiciary

The resolution responds to an official letter dated November 10, 2026, issued with date and time authorization, from the National Federal Criminal and Correctional Court No. 1, presided over by Dr. María Romilda Servini, Secretariat No. 2. In it, it was requested “with VERY URGENT character” that a reward be set to locate the fugitive, against whom an arrest warrant has been in place since that same date.

The case is CFP No. 18,156/2002, titled “BERTULAZZI, LEONARDO S/EXTRADITION.” The court expressly authorized the display of images of the requested individual in the media to facilitate his location.

The data recorded in the regulation to identify him are:

Italian nationality.
National Identity Document No. 94,005,789.
Born in Verona, Italian Republic.
Last registered address at Defensa St. No. 649, 5th floor, apartment H, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.

Final convictions issued in Italy

According to the information sent by the court, the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Court of Appeals of Genoa issued on January 30, 1997, the Disposition for the execution of concurrent sentences No. 98B/96 R.E., relating to a sentence of TWENTY-SEVEN (27) years in prison linked to final judgments from Italian courts.

The official letter identifies, among those decisions:

The sentence of the Milan Court of Assizes dated May 29, 1985, irrevocable since July 20, 1985, for participation in an armed gang for purposes of terrorism and subversion of the democratic order, possession and carrying of weapons, ammunition and explosives, manufacture and carrying of incendiary devices, arson, and apology for the crime.
The sentence of the Genoa Court of Assizes Appeal dated November 7, 1985, irrevocable since March 7, 1986, for aggravated kidnapping, continuous aggravated robbery, private violence, and unlawful possession of weapons.

The Ministry of National Security maintained that the gravity of these crimes, their link to acts of terrorism and subversion of the democratic order, and the need to locate the requested person justify the urgent adoption of measures to obtain information regarding their whereabouts.

How to provide information and who disseminates the request

Those who have data may contact the toll-free line 134 of the National Rewards Program, dependent on the National Directorate of Regulations and Relations with the Judicial Powers and Public Ministries. Payment will be made at the ministry’s headquarters or at the location designated by the minister, following a report from the intervening authority on the merit of the information and preserving the identity of the provider.

The Institutional Communication Directorate was tasked with disseminating the operative part and the annex in written, radio, or television media of national circulation. Likewise, the Federal Police and Security Forces were instructed to publish in all forms the poster identified as IF-2026-108935405-APN-DNNYRPJYMP#MSG. The measure is effective from its issuance.

The case combines a 27-year prison sentence ordered by the Italian Justice system, an extradition case open since 2002 in the federal courts of Buenos Aires, and a million-dollar reward intended to break the trail of a fugitive. The official publication of the offer and the authorization to disseminate their image turn the request into a national-scale search instrument, through which the State appeals to citizen collaboration to effect the capture.

Source: Official Gazette of the Argentine Republic, November 11, 2026, First Section (official reference: 350194).