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Puello-Mota

Do Svidaniya, Holyoke: Stitching Together Puello-Mota’s Russian New Year…

A little over three months ago, freshly relieved of his duties as a city councilor in Holyoke, Wilmer Puello-Mota was preparing for trial or a plea. Until he wasn’t. The state of Rhode Island was prosecuting him for possession of child pornography. Two days before he was to appear in court, his lawyer would much later confirm, Puello-Mota skipped town.