Former US Ambassador Who Spied for Communist Cuba Gets 15 Years in Prison
Published on April 13, 2024
A former U.S. ambassador who had access to top secret government information has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to working for communist-run Cuba’s spy service for decades. Victor Manuel Rocha, a former U.S. ambassador to Bolivia and member of the White House National Security Council (NSC), was recruited by Cuba’s spy agency in 1973, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). Mr. Rocha entered into a plea deal on April 12, admitting to having secretly acted as an agent of the Cuban regime for 40 years while holding various positions of trust that gave him access to classified information and the ability to affect U.S. foreign policy....