Wanted American man flees to Russia, signs military contract ( www.themoscowtimes.com )

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.

PrincessLeiasCat ,

Well that’s one way to avoid being held responsible for your actions, I guess?

CoffeeJunkie ,

Cool, so he's probably going to die soon. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Gork ,

So how long until we see this guy pop up again, but in FPV drone footage, seconds before his demise?

fuego ,

“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?

khannie ,
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Let's see if he lasts the war before calling them wrong, eh?

I'm sure the Russians will protect their little American paedo trophy though.

fuego ,

The guy I was replying to was implying he would be dead quickly.

You're now moving the goalposts to "he won't survive the war."

This is how those indoctrinated by propaganda operate.

But let me guess: you're immune to propaganda because the only propaganda is coming from Russia.

TropicalDingdong ,

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/7ab6b07d-00ed-469a-b9e1-55a13704dacd.gif

naun ,

I don't want him in the Ukraine, doing the same things he was doing in the US.

tsonfeir ,
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Don’t worry, Russia will put him on the front line.

breadsmasher ,
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Headline could have been about any one of countless republicans

scytale ,

Oh if only those countless republicans walked the talk and actually move there since they love Putin so much.

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