Career
Franceschini was born in Reggio Emilia into a communist family. The Red Brigades were formed in the second half of 1970 as a result of the merger of Renato Curcio"s Proletarian Left and a radical student and worker group. They went completely underground and organized the Red Brigades and spent the next three years, from 1972 to 1975, engaging in a series of bombings and kidnappings of prominent figures.
Franceschini was captured and imprisoned in 1974.
He was released in 1992.