American journalist killed in Ukraine

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Who Is Gonzalo Lira? Pro-Putin American Expat Dies in Ukrainian Jail

James BickertonJan 13, 2024 at 12:23 PM EST

Gonzalo Lira, a 55-year-old Chilean American who was imprisoned in Ukraine after allegedly spreading Russian propaganda then violating his bail conditions, has died in a Ukrainian jail.

Posting on X, formerly Twitter, conservative social-media personality Tucker Carlson said he had been informed of the death by Lira's father. Speaking to Newsweek, a State Department official confirmed "the death of a U.S. citizen in Ukraine" and offered their "sincerest condolences to the family on their loss." The cause of Lira's death has not been confirmed. Newsweek contacted the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry for comment by email on Saturday.

Lira was formerly a pick-up artist who posted videos to YouTube under the name 'Coach Red Pill.' He was living in Kharkiv when the Russian military launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Lira gained a following by posting content online hostile to the Ukrainian government and its President Volodymyr Zelensky. Lira baselessly branded Ukraine's leader a "cokehead," and described the Russian operation as "one of the most brilliant invasions in military history."

Lira was arrested by Ukraine's internal security agency, the SBU, on May 1 before being released on bail. Lira subsequently released a video saying he was going to try to leave the country, before being rearrested for allegedly breaching his bail conditions.

Speaking about Lira's arrest, the Ukrainian government's Centre for Strategic Communication and Information Security, also known as SPRAVDI, said the YouTube poster had been charged with "justifying Russian aggression against Ukraine," in violation of Article 463-2 of the country's criminal code.

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Specifically, SPRAVDI said that Lira had justified the Russian attack by falsely claiming the Ukrainian government was a neo-Nazi regime and denied "massacres of civilian Ukrainians by Russian invaders in Bucha and other cities." SPRAVDI added that Lira filmed himself insulting Ukrainian soldiers before publishing the footage on social media.

On April 3, 2022, Ukraine's Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova said the bodies of 410 civilians had been recovered from Bucha, a town on the outskirts of Kyiv, and neighboring settlements following the retreat of Russian troops. Taras Shapravskyi, speaker of the Bucha City Council, told Newsweek: "We have official data confirming the deaths of 422 civilians at the hands of the Russian occupiers."

Posting on X, formerly Twitter, in July, Lira said he was "arrested for my YouTube videos,"adding: "My crime was making videos critical of the West and their proxy regime in Kiev—and how they are destroying Ukraine."

Lira added that he was tortured in prison by other inmates, which saw him beaten and sleep-deprived, with his "arms twisted the wrong way around at the shoulder."

These allegations were strenuously denied by Sarah Ashton-Cirillo, a former American journalist who became a sergeant in the Ukrainian army, in an interview with Business Insider. Ashton-Cirillo said: "In an effort to gain sympathy, Gonzalo Lira made up allegations of abuse and torture. As someone who spoke to him shortly after he was returned to custody, it was clear that he was in good health and treated extremely fairly by the state security services."

 

Gonzalo Lira in a baseball cap. The American YouTube poster has died in a Ukrainian prison aged 55 after allegedly spreading pro-Russian propaganda and then breaking his bail conditions. Nexta Telegram Channel

When asked about Lira's reported death by Newsweek, a State Department spokesperson said they could "confirm the death of a U.S. citizen in Ukraine."

The spokesperson added: "We offer our sincerest condolences to the family on their loss. We stand ready to provide all appropriate consular assistance. Out of respect to the family during this difficult time, we have no further comment."

Posting on X on Friday, Tucker Carlson wrote: "Gonzalo Lira, Sr. says his son has died at 55 in a Ukrainian prison, where he was being held for the crime of criticizing the Zelensky and Biden governments.

"Gonzalo Lira was an American citizen, but the Biden administration clearly supported his imprisonment and torture. Several weeks ago we spoke to his father, who predicted his son would be killed," Carlson added.

Russian troops have spent the past couple of months attempting to capture the eastern Ukrainian city of Avdiivka, with heavy casualties on both sides. They have also launched a number of drone and missile attacks on Ukrainian towns and cities, including one on December 29, which Kyiv said involved "around 110 Russian missiles and numerous drones." Newsweek has been unable to confirm this figure.

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Go against the mainstream you should be killed. Got it

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29 minutes ago, RaiderHaters Revenge said:

Go against the mainstream you should be killed. Got it

Happening to Christians around  the Globe daily.  

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4 hours ago, RaiderHaters Revenge said:

Shoot the messenger 

Simple searches for Gonzalo told way more than DC. He is not a messenger...f-ing troll propagandist. appreciate you raiders but dc is scum.

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7 hours ago, Herbivore said:

Simple searches for Gonzalo told way more than DC. He is not a messenger...f-ing troll propagandist. appreciate you raiders but dc is scum.

I’ve watched him talk for years. I don’t see him as scum  

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5 hours ago, RaiderHaters Revenge said:

I’ve watched him talk for years. I don’t see him as scum  

Well you’re also a Steven Crowder fan, so…

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26 minutes ago, TimHauck said:

Well you’re also a Steven Crowder fan, so…

 

yep hes hilarious, I listen to a lot of people to get all kinds of views

 

you listen to fauci

 

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I will say however that it is bad if this dude was arrested/killed simply for what he said.

I do see several rape accusations against him though, didn’t the GC just say the penalty for rape should be death?

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6 minutes ago, TimHauck said:

I will say however that it is bad if this dude was arrested/killed simply for what he said.

I do see several rape accusations against him though, didn’t the GC just say the penalty for rape should be death?

Pedos for sure. Rape only if the false rape charges had the same results 

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Also seeing reports that he was photographing the Ukrainian military and sending them to Russia

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You cultists will believe anything

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15 minutes ago, Ron_Artest said:

You cultists will believe anything

That’s a different guy

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20 minutes ago, Ron_Artest said:

You cultists will believe anything

Good work genius 

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13 minutes ago, Dizkneelande said:

Good work genius 

Gutterboy with another one of his premature ejaculations.  Two pump chump. 

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9 hours ago, RaiderHaters Revenge said:

I’ve watched him talk for years. I don’t see him as scum  

do you see his "reporting" here genuine or misleading?

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18 minutes ago, Herbivore said:

do you see his "reporting" here genuine or misleading?

I see him posting something he saw with the follow up story from Tucker, take it however you wish

 

I also see it as if I didn't follow it, I wouldn't know about it, and nobody here would have posted about it, cause I haven't seen a single thing any where else talking about it

 

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21 minutes ago, RaiderHaters Revenge said:

I see him posting something he saw with the follow up story from Tucker, take it however you wish

 

I also see it as if I didn't follow it, I wouldn't know about it, and nobody here would have posted about it, cause I haven't seen a single thing any where else talking about it

 

Huh? Yea Tucker was talking about it, as are plenty of other conservative talking heads

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1 hour ago, TimHauck said:

Huh? Yea Tucker was talking about it, as are plenty of other conservative talking heads

I dont follow tucker

it was known for 24 hours before I posted it

so like I said whatever

 

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5 minutes ago, RaiderHaters Revenge said:

I dont follow tucker

it was known for 24 hours before I posted it

so like I said whatever

 

But when you started this thread you claimed it was analogous to what happened with Saudi Arabia. Do you still believe that? 

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Coach Red Pill goes to Ukraine, makes propaganda videos about the war, gets incarcerated and released, then imprisoned again when he violates the term of his bail, makes contested claims that he was tortured by other inmates, and dies.

Tucker: The Biden regime signs off on torture and murder of respected wartime correspondent in Ukraine Reeeeeeeee!!!

 

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11 minutes ago, RaiderHaters Revenge said:

I dont follow tucker

it was known for 24 hours before I posted it

so like I said whatever

 

My point is if Tucker was talking about it, other people were too, so you probably would have seen it somewhere.

Alex Jones, Posobiec, “Catturd,” Charlie Kirk, etc have all made posts about it

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14 minutes ago, TimHauck said:

My point is if Tucker was talking about it, other people were too, so you probably would have seen it somewhere.

Alex Jones, Posobiec, “Catturd,” Charlie Kirk, etc have all made posts about it

dont follow any of them

 

logged into instagram saw that post started a thread

 

I am glad we could get into such a deep discussion over where I got the initial information from, very informative

 

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22 minutes ago, The Real timschochet said:

But when you started this thread you claimed it was analogous to what happened with Saudi Arabia. Do you still believe that? 

 

I believe that an American citizen journalist regardless of his beliefs was imprisoned by a foreign country and ended up dead, primarily for expressing opinions that dont follow the current MSM allowed bullsh1t

 

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8 minutes ago, RaiderHaters Revenge said:

dont follow any of them

 

logged into instagram saw that post started a thread

 

I am glad we could get into such a deep discussion over where I got the initial information from, very informative

 

So you follow DC Draino?  Agreed, I’m not sure why you’re arguing that if you didn’t see this news from someone you follow (which you did) that you wouldn’t have seen this news….  Too much weed today?

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8 minutes ago, RaiderHaters Revenge said:

 

I believe that an American citizen journalist regardless of his beliefs was imprisoned by a foreign country and ended up dead, primarily for expressing opinions that dont follow the current MSM allowed bullsh1t

 

I think there’s a lot of gray area between 1) being a journalist being imprisoned for “expressing opinions that don’t follow the current MSM allowed bullsh1t” and 2) an Internet troll voluntarily going to a foreign country in wartime to make propaganda videos that support an invading country.

I’m no fan of Ukraine, Russia or our involvement in this war at all, but this story sounds more like a potential Darwin Award than anything to get the vapors over. 

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MAGA martyr

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46 minutes ago, TimHauck said:

So you follow DC Draino?  Agreed, I’m not sure why you’re arguing that if you didn’t see this news from someone you follow (which you did) that you wouldn’t have seen this news….  Too much weed today?

 

I dont smoke.  Honestly a lot of the stories I get are from here, I went on my instagram which I check maybe once a week, and saw the story came here to find more info, didnt see any made a post

 

let me make this clear, I dont care when dumb people do dumb things and die, I dont think we should ever free hostages that do stupid stuff in other countries, I laugh when I hear hikers lost in the middle east mountains.  I really don't care if this guy is dead, nor khoshoggi, it has zero bearing.  just saw a story and posted it, wondered if the outrage would be the same cause hes "right wing"

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7 hours ago, RaiderHaters Revenge said:

I see him posting something he saw with the follow up story from Tucker, take it however you wish

 

I also see it as if I didn't follow it, I wouldn't know about it, and nobody here would have posted about it, cause I haven't seen a single thing any where else talking about it

 

You are dodging here, after your op claim. I get you wouldn't all the facts, but it didn't stop from an ill informed opinion then.

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5 hours ago, RaiderHaters Revenge said:

 

I believe that an American citizen journalist regardless of his beliefs was imprisoned by a foreign country and ended up dead, primarily for expressing opinions that dont follow the current MSM allowed bullsh1t

 

I kind of agree about getting this turd back(though he has been there on his own for 10+ years), but think you are saying what you would like to believe about "expressing opinions".  

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16 hours ago, Herbivore said:

You are dodging here, after your op claim. I get you wouldn't all the facts, but it didn't stop from an ill informed opinion then.

This is all you have in life to offer. You are always the stooge.