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The 2 Italian marines free of their movements in India (Maj)

(B2) The two Italian marines from the San-Marco regiment (Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone) who were arrested in India on February 19 on charges of murdering two fishermen taken for pirates while they ensured the protection of Enrica Lexie, regained a little freedom. They were released on bail (10 million rupees, about 140.000 euros each), by the high court of Kerala. But they must stay in India. Their passports have been withdrawn and they must reside within 10 km of the police command in Cochin, where they will have to check in every morning, according to the Italian press. After the authorization of the departure of Enrica Lexie, it is a new step in an appeasement of the file between India and Italy, after more than lively exchanges between the two diplomacies. The riflemen had been transferred from Trivandrum prison to a school in Borstal last week A "compensation" of 144.000 euros (or $190.000) was paid by the Italian State to the families of the two Indian victims. (update) The next hearing is scheduled for June 18.

Nicolas Gros Verheyde

Chief editor of the B2 site. Graduated in European law from the University of Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne and listener to the 65th session of the IHEDN (Institut des Hautes Etudes de la Défense Nationale. Journalist since 1989, founded B2 - Bruxelles2 in 2008. EU/NATO correspondent in Brussels for Sud-Ouest (previously West-France and France-Soir).

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