Mexico scientist gets 4 years for spying for Russia in Miami

MIAMI (AP) — A prominent Mexican scientist who led a double life with two families on separate continents and was co-opted by Russian agents into surveilling a U.S. government informant residing in Miami has been sentenced to four years and one day in federal prison. Hector Cabrera Fuentes was arrested in 2020 at Miami International Airport as he and his Mexican wife were looking to return to their home in Mexico City. His other wife is Russian. A day before the arrest, the couple were seen snapping a photo of the U.S. informant’s car at an apartment complex in Miami. Cabrera pleaded guilty in February to acting on behalf of a foreign government without notifying U.S. officials.