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‘I’m not a person who puts up with rudeness’: unpicking fantasy and reality with an Italian football ultra
I’ve met many hardcore, violent fans, but the hostage-negotiating, cocaine-smuggling, Marxist-Leninist Alessandro Casolari still stood out
TL;DR
- Alessandro Casolari was a notable figure among football ultras.
- He was involved in hostage negotiation.
- Casolari was also implicated in cocaine smuggling.
- His political ideology was Marxist-Leninist.