INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
child pornography charges, an apparent confirmation of previous reports that he fled the U.S
and enlisted in the Russian army.Wilmer Puello-Mota, a former city councilman in Holyoke, Massachusetts, is believed to have fled the United
States in January in violation of a court order while awaiting trial in Rhode Island for possession of child pornography.Puello-Mota
soonresurfaced in Russian military videos showing the capture of the Ukrainian town of Avdiivka in February
Russian regional authorities in April published a video of what at the time appeared to be Puello-Mota inside an army enlistment office, but
they identified him only as former U.S
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