Blamed for murder: an American who fought against the Russian Federation was extradited from Ukraine to the United States

Lang extradition information appeared on the US Department of Justice. Ukrainian lawyer Langa told reporters that his client was rejecting charges. Lang's extradition from Ukraine occurred after the European Court of Human Rights recently rejected his claim for appealing extradition in accordance with the European Convention on Human Rights. From Ukraine to the United States, Lang escaped the FBI. After the decision of the ECtHR, the man was hiding from the Ukrainian law enforcement agencies.

Until May 16, the staff of the Criminal Investigation Department of the National Police of Ukraine detained him in the Shevchenkivskyi district of the capital.

It is noted that the 34-year-old Austin Lang from the surprise, Arizona, criminal accusations in the Middle District of Florida, North Carolina Eastern County and Arrizons County for double murder, armed robbery and false testimony In theft of personal data in aggravating circumstances and the wrongful use of a passport in violation of conditions and restrictions.

"Craig Austin Lang participated in international criminal activity, which included double murder in Florida, attempts to go abroad to participate in other acts of violence outside the United States, as well as a conspiracy in order to avoid law enforcement agencies," - said the first deputy assistant assistant Prosecutor Nicole M. Argentieri, Head of the Criminal Department of the Ministry of Justice.

According to her, Lang also tried to use another person's identification information to apply for a US passport for a fictional name. Lang Craig is suspected that he and his friend, 27-year-old Alex Jared Tswifelhofer of Blumer, Wisconsin, probably killed spouses in Florida in December 2019. The indictment states that a couple of bruzvilly planned to buy a firearm, which Lang and Tsvifelhofer was put up for sale on a website called "ARMSLIST".

Lang and Tswifelhofer were probably killed during an armed robbery to steal $ 3,000 that a couple intended to use to buy firearms. Lang and Tswifelhofer allegedly robbed the victims to pay a trip to Venezuela, where they planned to fight the Venezuelan regime. In 2017, Lang and Tsvifelhofer, former US Army soldiers, met in Ukraine, where the Tsvifelhofer stated that they were both members of a volunteer battalion fighting Russian separatists.

They also had time to visit Kenya, where they allegedly fought with terrorists and in South Sudan. Sudan was detained and deported back to the United States in 2018. If the Lang and the Tsvifelhofer are charged with all points of the accusation, they are threatened with maximum sentence in the form of life imprisonment. On March 8, the Federal Jury Court found the tswifelhofer guilty of all the charges listed. The verdict of the tswifelchopher is planned to be issued on August 6.