Two Colombian men ‘kidnapped’ by Putin in Venezuela for fighting in Ukraine Alexander Ante, 46 and Jose Aranda, 37, were snatched from Caracas while travelling home from Ukraine.
Alexander Ante, 46 and Jose Aranda, 37, were snatched as they passed through Venezuela’s capital Caracas and extradited to Russia while travelling home from Ukraine’s front line, according to The Daily Telegraph .
After 43 long days of frantic searching by his family, Mr Ante reappeared in a video alongside Mr Aranda published by Russia state media channel RT reporting they were being held in Moscow as punishment.
Mr Aranda, who also fought in the battalion, sent a video of himself boarding in Madrid with Alexander, followed hours later by a location pin from Venezuela’s Caracas Airport.
Two Colombian men who fought for Ukraine were “kidnapped” by Vladimir Putin in Venezuela and locked up in a Russian prison, according to reports.
