Suspect confesses to working for Russian intelligence
The revelation came on a day when several defendants in the case were making court appearances and as authorities scoured a Mediterranean island for an alleged co-conspirator who disappeared after he was granted bail.
Authorities said in a court filing that Juan Lazaro made a lengthy statement after his June 27 arrest in which he discussed some details of the operation, which prosecutors said involved Russian moles living under assumed identities in American suburbs.
