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Former US ambassador accused of secretly spying for Cuba for decades
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Manuel Rocha's alleged crimes were portrayed by prosecutors as one of the most brazen and long-running betrayals in the history of the U.S. foreign service.
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Victor Manuel Rocha was a State Department employee for more than 20 years. Prosecutors say during that time and in the 20 years since, he acted as an illegal agent for Cuba.
MIAMI >> A former American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Bolivia has been charged with serving as a secret agent for Cuba’s intelligence services dating back decades, the Justice Department said today.
A former career American diplomat was charged Monday with serving as a secret agent for communist Cuba going back decades in what prosecutors portrayed as one of the most brazen and long-running betrayals in the history of the U.S. foreign service.
By Hannah Rabinowitz, Holmes Lybrand and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — The former US ambassador to Bolivia has been charged in federal court with acting as a secret foreign agent of Cuba, according to court documents unsealed Monday.
MIAMI (AP) — A former American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Bolivia has been charged with serving as a mole for Cuba’s intelligence services dating
Prosecutors accused a former US diplomat of spying for Cuba’s intelligence service over the decades he held top posts in embassies across Latin America and at the White House, according to a criminal complaint.
The Associated Press has learned that a former American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Bolivia has been arrested in a long-running FBI counterintelligence investigation and is accused of secretly serving as an agent of the Cuban government.
The Justice Department says a former American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Bolivia has been charged with serving as a covert agent for Cuba’s intelligence services since at least 1981. Newly unsealed court papers allege that Manuel Rocha engaged in “clandestine activity” on Cuba’s behal…
A former American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Bolivia has been charged with serving as a mole for Cuba's intelligence services dating back decades, the Justice Department said Monday.
Rocha allegedly spied on behalf of Cuba's intelligence agency, referred to the U.S. as "the enemy" and supported Cuba's clandestine intelligence-gathering mission, according to prosecutors.
A former American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Bolivia has been arrested in a long-running FBI counterintelligence investigation, accused of secretly serving as an agent of Cuba’s government, The Associated Press has learned.
The Justice Department says a former American diplomat who served as US ambassador to Bolivia has been charged with serving as a covert agent for Cuba’s intelligence services since at least 1981.
MIAMI -- A former American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Bolivia has been arrested in a long-running FBI counterintelligence investigation, accused of secretly serving as an agent of Cuba's government, The Associated Press has learned.
A former American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Bolivia has been charged with serving as a secret agent for Cuba’s intelligence services dating back decades, the Justice Department said Monday.
Attorney General Merrick Garland stated that former U.S. ambassador to Bolivia Victor Manuel Rocha is charged with illegally acting as an agent for Cuba.
The U.S. attorney general called Manuel Rocha’s case “one of the highest-reaching and longest-lasting infiltrations” of the U.S. government by a foreign agent.
