Spy vs. Spy: Scenes from the Cold War in Colombia, 1963-72
Washington, D.C., September 3, 2025 - Covert CIA surveillance of a Soviet agent under diplomatic cover in Mexico City in 1968 led to the acquisition of intelligence on the “entire clandestine leadership” of the Colombian Communist Party and the nascent FARC insurgent group, according to declassified records from the John F. Kennedy assassination papers released earlier this year.