Dozens Of Russian Spies Have Traveled To Mexico And Are Working Under "cover"
2- 9.12.2025, 13:03
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It's become known what they do.
Three years ago, the CIA prepared a list of more than 20 Russian spies posing as diplomats. But the Mexican government, represented by the country's former president, Lopez Obrador, refused to expel them from the country.
The The New York Times reported. His closest advisers have been repeatedly warned by Washington about the increase in Russian espionage in Mexico, and the problem has been reported to Obrador personally.
What is known
Under pressure from the United States, Mexico agreed to allow U.S. officials to review Russians' applications for diplomatic accreditation, rejecting some of them. But despite a change of president last fall, Russian spies already in the country were never expelled, six current and former officials confirmed.
"The spies conduct the transfer of information gathered in the United States directly among tourists, surfers or vacationers, avoiding U.S. surveillance systems," the report said.
Russia has long used Mexico as a base for spy operations, which is why Mexico City was called the "Vienna of Latin America" as far back as the Cold War. But the scale has grown since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
The U.S. Embassy in Mexico City has created a position for a special "Russian analyst" because of this threat, and the French Embassy has created a "disinformation countermeasures officer." It is unclear whether the Donald Trump administration continues to push for the expulsion of the Russians, as the approach keeps changing.
"If you're recruiting and coordinating agents, proximity matters - and Mexico provides that. In Mexico, Russia can operate with greater impunity - there's a lot less scrutiny on them there than in the United States or Canada," said Dwayne Norman, former head of CIA operations in Latin America.
The Russian embassy in Mexico City is one of the largest in the world. Despite having minimal economic and cultural ties between the countries, it has 85 diplomats. Whereas, the Mexican Embassy in Moscow has only 16 diplomats. Since 2022, Americans have repeatedly raised the topic of Russian agents with the Mexican government, but, according to one official, U.S. concerns have been dismissed there as "paranoia."
An unknown man tried to kiss Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and touched her body as the politician left her office and walked to the Ministry of Public Education.
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