Colombia will extradite an organized crime group member to Russia at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office.

At the request of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation, Colombia is extraditing one of the members of an international criminal group that stole jewelry worth more than 30 million rubles in 2012. This was announced on July 31 on the website of the Russian Ministry.

"At the request of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation, the competent Colombian authorities are extraditing Fredi Andres Patiño Avila to face criminal charges under paragraphs a and b of Part 4 of Article 158 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (theft committed by an organized group on an especially large scale)," the statement said.

According to investigators, Patiño and his accomplices arrived at a jewelry exhibition in St. Petersburg in February 2012, where they selected the victims of the robbery, who were later disoriented at the airport and train station. The accomplices managed to secretly steal their luggage, which contained jewelry. After committing the crimes, Patiño disappeared, and his accomplices were detained in the Russian Federation while trying to export stolen jewelry to Colombia.

It is specified that in January 2014, the Colombian was sentenced to custody by the Moscow District Court of St. Petersburg and put on the international wanted list. In May 2025, the Russian side sent a request to the Colombian Prosecutor General's Office. Patiño will be brought to Moscow in transit through Turkey, accompanied by employees of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia and the National Security Bureau of Interpol of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.

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