12/04/2023

U.S. Charges Ex-ambassador with Spying for Cuba for Decades

Victor Manuel Rocha was charged with committing multiple federal crimes

On Monday, the United States charged a former ambassador to Bolivia with spying for Cuba for more than 40 years, in what the Justice Department described as one of the highest-reaching and longest-lasting infiltrations of the U.S. government by a foreign agent.

Victor Manuel Rocha, who served as U.S. ambassador to Bolivia from 2000 to 2002, was charged with committing multiple federal crimes including acting as an illegal foreign agent and using a fraudulently obtained passport, the Justice Department said in a statement.

"We allege that for over 40 years, Victor Manuel Rocha served as an agent of the Cuban government and sought out and obtained positions within the United States government that would provide him with access to non-public information and the ability to affect U.S. foreign policy," said Attorney General Merrick Garland.

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