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FOUNDER OF ''AVANGUARDIA NAZIONALE'' IN 1960 Delle Chiaie began as member of the Italian Social Movement (MSI, the successor of the Fascist party) and a follower of the works of Julius Evola . However he rejected the participation of the MSI in elections, preferring to take the battle to the streets, and so he left the party in 1960 to form the National Vanguard (''"Avanguardia Nazionale"'') as a street-fighting battalion. Around this time, he also became a member of the secret P2 Masonic Lodge . Seen by the Italian government as a dangerous renegade, Delle Chiaie soon became a close ally of Junio Valerio Borghese and was involved with him in the '' Golpe Borghese '', an abortive coup attempt in Rome in 1970 , after which he fled to Spain . Here he continued to organise ''Avanguardia Nazionale'', as well as becoming an ally of veteran Belgian fascist Léon Degrelle . Delle Chiaie has since spent most of his time working in Latin America, and was described by the CIA as being the most wanted rightist terrorist in 1983 . In the course of his activities Delle Chiaie was also known by a number of aliases, the most notable of which were ALFA and '''Alfredo di Stefano''', after the celebrated Footballer of the Same Name . GLADIO AND THE STRATEGY OF TENSION Delle Chiaie was arrested in Caracas , Venezuela in 1989 and extradited to Italy to stand trial for his role in the '' Strage Di Piazza Fontana '' bombing of Milan on December 12 1969 , which started Italy's '' Anni Di Piombo '' ("lead years"). Despite his reputation, Delle Chiaie was acquitted by the Assize Court in Catanzaro in 1989 , along with fellow accused Massimiliano Fachini (as yet no convictions have been made for the attack). With Licio Gelli and Francesco Pazienza , he was also accused of the Bologna Railway Station Bombing , on August 2, 1980 , which killed 85 persons and injured 200 {Link without Title} . According to '' Le Monde Diplomatique '', Delle Chiaie met with Abdullah Çatlı in Latin America and during a visit of the Turkish " Grey Wolves " member in Miami in September 1982 . Abdullah Çatlı "is reckoned to have been one of the main perpetrators of underground operations carried out by the Turkish branch of the Gladio (4) organisation and had played a key role in the bloody events of the period 1976-80 which paved the way for the Military Coup D’état Of September 1980 " {Link without Title} . INVOLVEMENT IN OPERATION CONDOR Having become close to Augusto Pinochet , he left Spain in 1974 to resettle in Chile , where he worked not only for the government, but also in training both government and rightist rebel troops in Argentina and El Salvador , participating in the " Dirty War " and Operation Condor assassination campaign. With Klaus Barbie , he took part in the 'Cocaine Coup' of Luis García Meza Tejada , when a notoriously corrupt military regime forced its way to power in Bolivia in 1980 , and worked for the new government in training its soldiers. Delle Chiaie met in Madrid with Pinochet during Franco 's funeral in 1975 , beginning his involvement with the Chilean regime and his part in Operation Condor . According to CIA documents, in Madrid , Stefano Delle Chiaie also met with Michael Townley , a DINA agent, and Virgilio Paz Romero , a Cuban based in Miami, Florida with connections in Chile, to prepare, with the help of Franco's secret police, the murder of Bernardo Leighton , a Chilean Christian Democrat . On October 6th 1975 Leighton and his wife were severely injured by gunshots while in exile in Rome {Link without Title} . It has been claimed that Delle Chiaie was involved in the murder of General (a United States -born secret police officer) were directly involved in this assassination. {Link without Title} . SEE ALSO
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