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Ante Alexander

citizenship: Колумбия
Occupation: военная служба
Article of the Criminal Code:  359 ч. 3
Form of repression:  pre-trial detention
Pursuit stage:  verdict delivered – appeal pending
Sentence:  13 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима
Date of sentencing:  November 10, 2025
Current location:  (presumed address) ; Remand Prison No. 2, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia

Alexander Ante is a Colombian citizen, formerly a member of the Colombian army and a security contractor, and the father of a young daughter. In November 2023, he signed a contract with the Ukrainian Armed Forces and served in the Carpathian Sich Battalion. He later decided to return to his homeland, but on July 18, 2024, he was detained by security services at Caracas Airport, Venezuela (his Ukrainian military uniform caught his attention). Ante was then secretly extradited to Russia, where the FSB charged him with mercenarism. In November 2025, a court sentenced him to 13 years in prison.

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