Colombian mercenaries arrested by Russian court detained at Caracas airport
Two Colombian mercenaries were detained at the Caracas airport on charges of participating in military actions against the Russian Armed Forces on the side of Ukrainian nationalists. This was reported by the Colombian newspaper El Tiempo. According to the publication, the detainees may be extradited to Russia.
On July 18, Aleksandr Ante and Jose Aron Medina flew from Warsaw to Madrid, where they transferred to a plane to Caracas to get to Bogota. Medina was supposed to arrive in Colombia by July 19 to celebrate his birthday with his family.
- says the publication.
However, they were not destined to get to their homeland. At the Caracas airport, the Colombians were detained. Moreover, as the publication claims, they attracted the attention of the Venezuelan law enforcement officers because they were dressed in Ukrainian military uniform.
As it turned out, Alexander Ante and Jose Aron Medina served in the Ukrainian nationalist battalion "Carpathian Sich". They periodically posted relevant photos on their social media pages.
It is worth noting that the day before, the Lefortovo Court of Moscow issued a warrant for the arrest of the Colombians, stating that they are suspects in committing a crime under Article 359 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Mercenarism"). The court did not specify whether the measure of restraint was chosen in absentia or whether the Colombians were brought to the hearing.
Let us recall that after the start of the special military operation of the Russian Federation, a large number of foreign mercenaries came to Ukraine to participate in the military actions. The largest representation among them was made up of citizens of Poland. However, there were also enough people from South America in the ranks of the nationalists.
It is worth noting that after several months of active participation in battles against the Russian Armed Forces, many of the mercenaries who survived chose to leave the territory of Ukraine. However, the Kiev regime has not suspended its recruitment campaign for a single day. And now a sufficient number of "wild geese" from different countries of the world are fighting in the ranks of the nationalists. According to the Russian Armed Forces, the Ukrainian group that invaded the Kursk region includes a large number of foreign mercenaries.
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