A Wagner Mercenary Who Crossed US-Mexican Border Was Honored In Russia Weeks Before Arrest

By Carl Schreck, Mark Krutov, Mike Eckel and Ramazan Alpaut

(RFE/RL) -- A self-confessed veteran of Russia's Wagner paramilitary group arrested for crossing into the United States from Mexico appears to have been honored as a combat veteran weeks earlier by an organization established by Russian President Valdimir Putin,...