German neo-Nazi who fled to avoid prison arrested in Hungary

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In addition, a court in Mainz in 2003 found Mahler guilty of condoning a crime for saying that the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in the United States were justified, and fined him several thousand euros (dollars).

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He was also convicted in the mid-1970s for Red Army Faction-related activities — including several bank robberies and for helping notorious terrorist Andreas Baader, another founding member of the group, to escape from jail.

He was serving a 10-year sentence for Holocaust denial and anti-Semitic incitement when a court ruled two years ago that he could leave prison due to serious illness. He was ordered to return to prison late last year, but he refused and fled the country.

The Mitteldeutsche Zeitung newspaper on Monday published a letter from Mahler saying he was asking “the leader of the Hungarian nation, Viktor Orban, to grant me asylum as someone who is being politically persecuted.”

Heidenreich said it was not yet clear when Mahler would be extradited back to Germany to complete his sentence.

The Budapest Regional Court is expected to set a hearing date on Tuesday.

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Pablo Gorondi contributed to this report from Budapest.

David Rising, The Associated Press