"Ex-US Diplomat Receives 15-Year Sentence for Spying for Cuba"

Former US diplomat Manuel Rocha was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to acting as a secret foreign agent for Cuba. The 73-year-old admitted to conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government and defrauding the United States. Prosecutors alleged that Rocha served as a covert agent of Cuba’s intelligence services for decades. The judge criticized Rocha for turning his back on the country and sentenced him to 15 years in prison, with charges for lying to investigators and wire fraud dropped under the plea agreement. The government may seek to denaturalize Rocha in a civil proceeding, and newly identified witnesses may seek restitution.