| Ravil Shafeyavich Gumarov | |
| Birth Date: | 22 November 1962 |
| Id Number: | 203 |
| Alias: | Ravil Gumarov |
| Charge: | No charge (held in extrajudicial detention) |
| Status: | Repatriated |
Ravil Gumarov is a Russian citizen who is alleged to have ties to terrorism.[1]
Gumarov was one of eight Russians held by the United States in extrajudicial detention in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.[2] His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 203.The Department of Defense reports Gumaraov was born on November 22, 1962, in Gushva, Russia
He was repatriated to Russian custody, cleared, then released.[3]
He was subsequently rearrested for suspicion of an act of sabotage. Gumarov, fellow Guantanamo detainee Timur Ishmuratovand Fanis Shaikhutdinov were convicted of bombing a natural gas pipeline on May 9, 2006.[4] Gumarov has been described as a failed businessman from Sverdlovsk who is alleged to have had military training in Chechnya.[5]
The Defense Intelligence Agency asserted Ravil Shafeyavich Gumarov had "returned to terrorism".[6] The DIA reported:
Ravil Shafeyavich Gumarov and Timur Ravilich Ishmurat were transferred to Russia in March 2004 and quickly released. Russian authorities arrested them in January 2005 for involvement in a gas line bombing. In May 2006 a Russian court convicted both, sentencing Gumarov to 13 years in prison and Ishmurat to 11 years.