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.

  • CoffeeJunkie
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    1 year ago

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

    • Frozengyro
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      Nah, he’s too valuable as Russian propaganda

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        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.