The charges filed against him include “actions against Poland by a foreign intelligence agency”
A Colombian citizen has been arrested in Poland and accused of terrorism and espionage in favor of Russian intelligence servicesin the midst of what the Polish authorities describe as a sabotage operation orchestrated by the Kremlin in Central and East Europe. This was confirmed Jacek Dobrzyńskispokesman for the Ministry of Interior of Poland and responsible for intelligence services, in a publication in social network X.
According to Dobrzyński, the detainee – who has only revealed that he is an adult man – was “Trained by Russian services” as part of a “Wide subversion operation” against Poland and other European countries. The charges presented against them include “Actions against Poland by a foreign intelligence agency” and terrorism crimes. If found guilty, the Colombian I could face between 10 years in jail and life imprisonment.
The case is part of a climb of “hybrid attacks” that European authorities attribute to Moscowin an attempt to weaken the support infrastructure to Ukraine within NATO. The specific attacks that the Colombian is accused of the May 23 and 30, 2024in Warsaw and Radomrespectively. In both incidents industrial facilities caught fire, and in at least one of the cases it was a 6,000 square meters warehouse linked to NATO logistics operationsaccording to the EFE agency.
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The Russian media They would have referred fires as attacks on “logistics centers with military help for Ukraine”which reinforces the suspicion that the attacks were part of a regional destabilization strategy.
In a statement, the Polish Internal Security Agency (Abw) He explained that the defendant He received precise instructions from his superiors Russiansincluding the Molotov cocktail manufacturingthe travel routes and the Damage documentation After the attacks. In addition, they revealed that Colombian recruitment occurred through Telegrama platform that – according to Poland – Russian intelligence services have used to capture Latin Americans with military experience residing in Eastern Europetaking advantage of its immigration situation and offering “easy and fast money”.
“The modus operandi revealed by ABW is consistent with similar incidents identified in numerous countries of central and eastern Europe”said the Polish government, which warns of a pattern in the use of South American citizens in sabotage missions.
Among the closest historythe authorities recalled that in June 2025another Colombian citizen was Seon in the Czech Republic eight years in prison by set a bus station in Prague and plan an attack on a shopping center. That case was also attributed to an operation led by the Russian secret servicesas confirmed at the time the Czech Prime Minister.
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Polish authorities indicated that Suspicious detained has been partially guilty and? Research is still ongoingwithout ruling out new captures in other European countries.
Source: Integrated Information and EFE System
