ROME — Italy sent an aircraft to Bolivia on Sunday to pick up the fugitive left-wing militant Cesare Battisti, who was captured there over the weekend, nearly three decades after being convicted of murder.

Italy has repeatedly sought the extradition of Mr. Battisti, and the developments set the stage for the climax to one of Italy’s longest-running efforts to bring a fugitive to justice.

Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte of Italy said that a government aircraft was expected to land Sunday afternoon in Bolivia. The Foreign Ministry vowed to have Mr. Battisti extradited “as quickly as possible.”

Interior Minister Matteo Salvini called the fugitive a “delinquent who doesn’t deserve to live comfortably on the beach but rather to finish his days in prison.”