Víctor Manuel Rocha was sentenced to 15 years in a federal prison for charges related to espionage for Cuba for 40 years. The former US ambassador to several Latin American countries, will also pay a $500,000 fine and cooperate with authorities under a plea agreement.
He was charged with one count of “acting as an illegal agent of a foreign government (Cuba)” and another for conspiracy to commit the same crime and “defraud the United States.” RochA was arrested in Miami on December 1 after confessing his activities to an FBI agent who posed as a Cuban spy. He is accused of ‘acting secretly for decades as an agent of the Government of the Republic of Cuba,’ according to the US Government's accusation. of the accusation. The 73-year-old former diplomat of Colombian origin was sentenced by Judge Beth Bloom during a hearing this Friday afternoon, after pleading guilty to the charges against him. He had initially pleaded not guilty but changed his plea to guilty in February.