"Ex-US Diplomat Receives 15-Year Sentence for Spying for Cuba"
Former US diplomat Victor Manuel Rocha has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for acting as an agent of Cuba, aiding the country's intelligence gathering against the US for over four decades. Rocha, 73, was arrested in December 2023 and admitted to his decades-long work for Cuba to an undercover FBI agent. US officials have expressed uncertainty about the full extent of Rocha's cooperation with Havana. The case highlights the strained relations between the US and Cuba, which have a history of conflict dating back to the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.