Mario Sossi (6 February 1932 – 6 December 2019) was an

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magistrate and politician. He was a prosecutor against members of the

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, and was captured by members of the

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on 18 April 1974 in

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. He was released on 22 May of the same year following a prisoner swap with the Italian government.

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