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Saturday, January 11, 2025

Border Patrol arrested a former Russian mercenary on Saturday, when he illegally crossed the Rio Grande near Roma.

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This is bad, and certainly smells of an intended assassination--though obviously we cannot know that yet. But you do not bring a trained killer into the United States just to have him conduct anodyne covert drone surveillance.

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-- Seth Abramson (@sethabramson.bsky.social) January 10, 2025 at 8:59 AM

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... When agents questioned him, Praliev said "he was a citizen and national of Kazakhstan," according to a criminal complaint against him.

Praliev was carrying a Russian passport, a passport from Kazakhstan, $4,000 and 60,000 pesos.

In his backpack, agents discovered a drone.

Praliev said he'd worked for the Wagner Group, a paramilitary organization affiliated with the Russian government.

"Wagner has played a key role in Russia's war in Ukraine and operates in multiple countries, particularly across Africa," according to a report published by the Congressional Research Service.

The U.S. Treasury Department considers the Wagner Group a criminal organization. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-01-11 01:21 AM | Reply

Expect more of these Ruskie terrorists once Putin's DNA receptacle takes over.

#2 | Posted by a_monson at 2025-01-11 03:18 AM | Reply

This guy is #17 on the Dotards list of those receiving pardons. He will also be given $50,000 cash and a student visa ...

#3 | Posted by catdog at 2025-01-11 02:50 PM | Reply

I'm for raising how many work visas we issue but I'm also in favor of just about sealing the southern border to prevent things like this.

But I'm also concerned that I may need to leave America some time.....

#4 | Posted by Tor at 2025-01-11 07:02 PM | Reply

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