Posted on 04/06/2024 6:06:53 AM PDT by Libloather
A former Air National Guardsman facing child pornography charges defected and joined the Russian army in its war against Ukraine, the Rhode Island attorney general's office alleges.
Wilmer Puello-Mota, 28, a former security forces technical sergeant with the Massachusetts Air National Guard, allegedly fled the country following charges of possession of child pornography.
"We are aware Mr. Puello-Mota left the country in response to civil criminal charges filed against him," Don Veitch, a spokesperson for the 104th Fighter Wing in Massachusetts, told Military.com, emphasizing that the charges are "very serious."
The charges prompted Puello-Mota's removal from the National Guard in October 2022.
"Criminal activity is not compatible with our values as an organization and will not be tolerated in our ranks," Veitch said.
**SNIP**
Puello-Mota was charged in 2020 with possession of child pornography after allegedly soliciting nude photos from a teenager, according to legal documents, Military.com reported. He was a city councilman in Holyoke, Massachusetts, from January 2022 to January 2024 through most of the legal proceedings in connection with the charge.
According to court documents from the Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha's office, Puello-Mota's last known location was Istanbul, Turkey, according to Military.com. He boarded a flight on Jan. 7, two days before he was scheduled to be in court for the child pornography charges, and left from Dulles International Airport in northern Virginia for Turkey.
Facebook posts from Puello-Mota and Telegram posts from other users allegedly in Russia allege the former Guardsman joined the Russian army in the ongoing war against Ukraine.
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.....Paul Whelan is the [former] US Marine jailed in Russia,....” once a Marine, always a Marine....
but I wonder about bringing this traitor back to the US....I am no expert on this topic, but most Air National Guard units I have been involved with have a very high espirit de corps and I doubt he would be in any way welcomed back to the US, certainly not back into any ANG unit....too bad he couldn’t be suicided someplace...
Quit lying C. We all know that you are in the side of the globohomo Biden Regime. One of YOUR TEAM switched sides.
Darwin Award.
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