Former United States, US, Ambassador to Bolivia, Victor
Manuel Rocha, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for spying on the
American government for over a decade.
Rocha spied on the US government for Cuba.
On Friday, Miami-based US District Judge Beth Bloom
sentenced Rocha after accepting his guilty plea on two counts, including acting
as an agent of a foreign government.
Rocha was also fined $500,000 with maximum penalty allowed.
In December, the former US Ambassador was indicted in a case
that Attorney General Merrick Garland described as “one of the highest-reaching
and longest-lasting infiltrations of the US government by a foreign agent.”
Speaking on the matter, the Assistant Attorney General
Matthew G. Olsen said:
“Today’s plea and sentencing brings to an end more than four
decades of betrayal and deceit by the defendant.
“Rocha admitted to acting as an agent of the Cuban government
at the same time he held numerous positions of trust in the U.S. government, a
staggering betrayal of the American people and an acknowledgement that every
oath he took to the United States was a lie.”
Rocha served as ambassador to Bolivia from 2000 to 2002,
held high-ranking posts in several embassies and even the White House during
the Bill Clinton administration over his more than 20 years in public service.
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