Brazil has extradited José Manuel Gomes Leonardo, to Portugal. The career criminal is guilty of kidnapping, robbery and drug trafficking.By frequently changing his appearance and using false documents, the Portuguese national became known as the 'King of Disguises.'
Leonardo was convicted of drug trafficking and is suspected of murder in Portugal so the Portuguese government sent Brazil a request for extradition in 2013.
However, the execution of the measure was conditional his finishing a sentence in Brazil handed out in 2010, when he was caught, tried and imprisoned.
In Brazil, Leonardo was sentenced to 22 years in prison for robbery, in 1997.
In addition, he was sentenced to 17-and-a-half years for kidnapping. Together, the sentences amount to more than 39 years of imprisonment.
In order to enable the extradition to Portugal, the Brazilians have authorised Leonardo’s transfer on condition he serves the remainder of his Brazilian sentence in Portugal and then start his Portuguese one.
