The Romanian justice system ordered the arrest of Oemis Romagoza Durruthy, a 35-year-old Cuban resident in Russia, accused of hiring a former Colombian military officer to attack oil and gas facilities in Romanian territory.
According to a report this Thursday by the state agency AGERPRES, the Bucharest Court of Appeals issued the order on November 2, at the request of the DIICOT anti-terrorism prosecutor's office. The Cuban, linked by U.S. authorities to Russian intelligence services, is wanted internationally. The order includes 30 days of preventive detention, starting from the moment it is executed.
The investigation indicates that between June and July 2024, Romagoza Durruthy paid the Colombian Luis Alfonso Murillo Diosa to travel to Romania, identify strategic targets, and prepare for their destruction through explosions or fires.
Murillo Diosa, a former soldier with training in military intelligence, arrived in Bucharest on July 28, 2024. The next day, he photographed and filmed several facilities in Ilfov County, including two oil wells, a natural gas regulation station, and a recyclable waste depot.
The plan was thwarted by police intervention, with support from the Romanian Intelligence Service. The Colombian was sentenced in September 2025 to six years in prison, a term he is currently serving in Romania.
The U.S. Department of Justice identifies Romagoza Durruthy as the coordinator of attacks for a network linked to Russian intelligence. He is also being investigated by the authorities in Latvia, Poland, and the Czech Republic for alleged sabotage.
In September, Washington filed charges against five members of that network, including another Cuban, Yaidel Delgado Suárez, also known as "Viking." The five were charged with conspiracy to finance terrorism, while three also face charges of conspiracy to commit contract killings.
Romagoza Durruthy, born in Camagüey, resides in the Russian city of Petrozavodsk, where he directs the Latin dance academy "Made in Cuba." A journalistic investigation published in September revealed that he used the aliases "Dios" and "Adrián," and that as recently as April 2026, he was appearing in videos teaching salsa classes.
The Cuban man married a Russian citizen in 2022 and subsequently obtained the nationality of that country, a circumstance that complicates his possible extradition.
On its part, the Cuban regime denied any institutional responsibility in the activities of the network. The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Josefina Vidal Ferreiro, described the allegations as "yet another veiled accusation" against Havana.
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