Russia

NBC News -  Russia has spent the past few years increasing its presence in Mexico, an effort that U.S. officials and former intelligence officials believe is aimed at bolstering the Kremlin’s intelligence operations targeting the U.S. Dozens of personnel have been added to Russia’s embassy staff in Mexico City despite Moscow’s limited trade ties with the country. “Part of this is a function of the fact that so many Russian intelligence officers have been kicked out of Europe. … So they’re looking for places to go and looking for places in which they can operate,” CIA Director William Burns said earlier this month.

Russia’s actions in Mexico reflect a more aggressive posture by its intelligence services across multiple fronts, as the Kremlin seeks to silence critics abroad, undermine support for Ukraine and weaken Western democracies, former intelligence officials said. More