Federal officials have arrested a Mexican citizen for allegedly acting on behalf of a Russian agent who recruited him to collect information about the U.S. government and met repeatedly with him in Moscow.Hector Alejandro Cabrera Fuentes and his wife were about to board a plane back to their native Mexico
Federal officials have arrested a Mexican citizen for allegedly acting on behalf of a Russian agent who recruited him to collect information about the U.S. government and met repeatedly with him in Moscow.
Fuentes admitted to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection that he had told his wife, who was not named in the statement, to take the picture. During the second meeting this month, the official gave Fuentes a physical description of a U.S. government source’s vehicle. Federal officials said Fuentes and his wife rented a car, and Friday they followed the U.S. source home.
Story continuesThe guard asked the couple what they were doing there, and Fuentes said they were visiting someone at the building. Fuentes has been charged with acting on behalf of a foreign agent without notifying the attorney general. He has also been charged with conspiracy to act on behalf of a foreign agent.
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