Wanted American man flees to Russia, signs military contract
Wanted American man flees to Russia, signs military contract
A former American city council member who is wanted in the United States on child pornography charges appears to have fled to Russia and joined the Russian military, according to footage shared by regional authorities in the northern Khanty-Mansi autonomous district.
A former American city council member who is wanted in the United States on child pornography charges appears to have fled to Russia and joined the Russian military, according to footage shared by regional authorities in the northern Khanty-Mansi autonomous district.
Wilmer Puello-Mota, former city councilor of Holyoke, Massachusetts, reportedly left the United States on Jan. 7 in violation of court orders while being tried in Rhode Island for possession of child pornography.
The Massachusetts-based newspaper The Republican reported last month that people who know Puello-Mota had recognized his voice in a short video showing the capture of the Ukrainian town of Avdiivka in February.
Cool, so he's probably going to die soon. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Nah, he's too valuable as Russian propaganda
valuable
Till he's not, or worse, becomes a liability.
Once he's washed up there, would be funny if they extradited him back to the US. Double whammy if he ever makes it back.
Knock on wood
Headline could have been about any one of countless republicans
Oh if only those countless republicans walked the talk and actually move there since they love Putin so much.
So how long until we see this guy pop up again, but in FPV drone footage, seconds before his demise?
“He liberated Avdiivka fighting shoulder-to-shoulder with Russians.”
“I definitely would do it again, I’d go back if I could,” Puello-Mota says in the video as he recounts his experience fighting in an “international brigade” alongside the Russian army.
What does it take for you to admit when you're wrong?
I don't want him in the Ukraine, doing the same things he was doing in the US.
Don’t worry, Russia will put him on the front line.
I mean, if he doesn't get special treatment it's a death sentence...
But I'm betting Russia keeps him safe as a propaganda piece
As a signal to the world that even the worst people are welcome in fascist russia?
I dont see what other propaganda this guy could possibly be involved in, and western media orgs won't touch a pedophile with a ten foot pole.
He needs to keep busy to stay relevant.
Even in that case I think he missed a memo on Russian military.
Guy volunteered for a death sentence
child pornography charges
I hope Ukraine efficiently destroys him.
We're getting news nowadays with a madlibs word pool of pedophiles, Russia, right wingers
Good, I hope he meets the same fate as the rest of the Russian canon fodder.
It's a bold strategy, Cotton
Sounds like the foreign legion, but Russian style.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Foreign_Legion#Emulation_by_other_countries
He got converted to the good side by the Russians not by Religion, hallelujah!! 🙌🙌
lol