By Benjamin Noria
HAVANA TIMES – I just found out today that Manuel Rocha, 73, a former diplomat originally from Colombia and who grew up in New York, was arrested approximately for spying on the US Government and giving this information to the Cuban Government.
Rocha was the US Ambassador in Bolivia; he also served terms in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Havana, Mexico City, the Dominican Republic and Washington DC. He has been accused of spying for Cuba over 40 years. He was discovered by an FBI agent in the US. This infiltration is considered one of the highest-reaching and longest-lasting in US history.
Rocha had begun working with Fidel Castro’s regime as an undercover spy since 1981.
Last Monday, the United States Department of Justice confirmed the indictment of Rocha for crimes including: colluding to act as an agent for a foreign government, acting as an agent for a foreign government without previous government consent, and using a US
