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Jose Aron Medina Aranda

Date of birth: July 19, 1988 (37 years old)
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
Current location:  (presumed address) ; Remand Prison No. 2, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia

Jose Aron Medina Aranda, born in 1986 or 1987, Colombian citizen, father of two children (9 and 16 years old).

Accused under Part 3 of Article 359 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Participation of a mercenary in an armed conflict"). In November 2025, he was sentenced to 13 years of imprisonment in a maximum security penal colony.

Deprived of liberty since July 18, 2024.

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