FBI apprehends Mexican man on charges of spying for Russia

12:14, 19.02.2020

Hector Alejandro Cabrera Fuentes, a Mexican citizen residing in Singapore, was arrested based on a complaint charging him with acting within the U.S. on behalf of Russia, the Department of Justice said in a press release on Tuesday.

According to the press release, a Russian government official recruited Fuentes in 2019 and directed Fuentes to rent a specific property in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

“In February 2020, Fuentes traveled to Moscow again and met with the Russian government official. At this meeting, the Russian government official provided Fuentes with a physical description of a U.S. Government source’s vehicle and told Fuentes to locate the car, obtain the source’s vehicle license plate number, and note the physical location of the source’s vehicle. The Russian official instructed Fuentes to meet the Russian official again in April or May 2020, to inform him of the results of the search for the source’s vehicle,” the statement reads.

A pretrial detention hearing is set for 10:00 a.m. on Friday, February 21, 2020.

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