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McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Border Patrol arrested a former Russian mercenary on Saturday, when he illegally crossed the Rio Grande near Roma. Timur Praliev waded across the Rio Grande carrying two passports and $4,000. “The defendant was also in possession of a drone in his backpack when he crossed into the United States,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Amanda McColgan said on Tuesday morning, when Praliev appeared before a judge at the federal courthouse in McAllen. “And he admitted, when interviewed, to being a member of the Wagner Group.”