Dan De Luce is a reporter for the NBC News Investigative Unit.
Russian intelligence services are building up their presence in Mexico for spy operations targeting the United States, a return to Cold War tactics by an increasingly aggressive regime, according to U.S. officials and former intelligence officers. Russia has added dozens of personnel to its embassy staff in Mexico City in the past few years, even though Moscow has only limited trade ties with the country. U.S.
John Sipher, who worked in the CIA’s clandestine service for 28 years, said Russia has always told Americans offering to spy for Moscow to head to Mexico. “For decades, if Americans reached out and volunteered to spy for Moscow, they would be told to travel to Mexico City. The environment for Russian intelligence in the U.S. is difficult,” Sipher said.
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