“I’m Will from Massachusetts, and my call sign is Boston,” Puello Mota said in the 5-minute video released by the Russian Defense Ministry.
Buelo Mota (28 years old) is currently working as a reconnaissance drone operator with Russian military units fighting in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, according to the Ministry of Defense, which said he is a “American with Russian citizenship” and “former American citizen. .”
He continued in the video while wearing a Russian military uniform: “I don’t consider myself a traitor.”
Boilo Motta did not mention in the video the criminal charges he faced when he fled to Russia through Turkey last January.
He said: “I’m from Boston, Massachusetts, and I served 10 years in the US Air Force, and several years in the International Guard in Massachusetts. I also spent two years as a member of the city council.”
Holyoke City Council President Tessa Murphy-Rumboletti said she recognized him in the video, and told NBC News via email: “I can confirm that Will is the person who appeared in the video.”
Puello Motta was scheduled to appear in a Rhode Island courtroom on Jan. 9 to plead guilty to possession of child pornography and other charges that could have sent him to prison for at least five years, according to his lawyer, John Cicilline, said in a statement. interview with the Boston American Globe newspaper.
The lawyer continued that Puello Mota told him the day before that date, “He had other plans,” and continued: “He told me he joined the Russian army or something like that, I thought he was joking.
Cicilline also told the newspaper that the accused American soldier “wanted a career in politics, and he believes that being accused of possessing child pornography ruined his life.” I’m sure he joined the Russian army because he didn’t want to register as a sex offender.”
It should be noted that Puello Mota served in the Air Force, and was deployed in Afghanistan in 2015 when he was 19 years old, then he was a pilot with the 104th Fighter Wing of the Massachusetts Air National Guard.
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Wilmer Puello Motta, a former soldier in the US Air Force and a politician on the Holyoke City Council in Massachusetts at the same time, became famous twice, the first when he was accused of possession of child pornography, and the second when he ran away. the United States to Russia at the beginning of this year.
“I’m Will from Massachusetts, and my call sign is Boston,” Puello Mota said in the 5-minute video released by the Russian Defense Ministry.
Buelo Mota (28 years old) is currently working as a reconnaissance drone operator with Russian military units fighting in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, according to the Ministry of Defense, which said he is a “American with Russian citizenship” and “former American citizen. .”
He continued in the video while wearing a Russian military uniform: “I don’t consider myself a traitor.”
Boilo Motta did not mention in the video the criminal charges he faced when he fled to Russia through Turkey last January.
He said: “I’m from Boston, Massachusetts, and I served 10 years in the US Air Force, and several years in the International Guard in Massachusetts. I also spent two years as a member of the city council.”
Holyoke City Council President Tessa Murphy-Rumboletti said she recognized him in the video, and told NBC News via email: “I can confirm that Will is the person who appeared in the video.”
Puello Motta was scheduled to appear in a Rhode Island courtroom on Jan. 9 to plead guilty to possession of child pornography and other charges that could have sent him to prison for at least five years, according to his lawyer, John Cicilline, said in a statement. interview with the Boston American Globe newspaper.
The lawyer continued that Puello Mota told him the day before that date, “He had other plans,” and continued: “He told me he joined the Russian army or something like that, I thought he was joking.
Cicilline also told the newspaper that the accused American soldier “wanted a career in politics, and he believes that being accused of possessing child pornography ruined his life.” I’m sure he joined the Russian army because he didn’t want to register as a sex offender.”
It should be noted that Puello Mota served in the Air Force, and was deployed in Afghanistan in 2015 when he was 19 years old, then he was a pilot with the 104th Fighter Wing of the Massachusetts Air National Guard.
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2024-08-21 09:02:24
