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2023-12-04 Caribbean-Latin America

Former US ambassador arrested, accused of secretly serving as agent to Cuba: report

[FoxNews] Former US ambassador arrested in Florida, accused of serving as an agent of Cuba, AP source says.

A former American diplomat who served as a U.S. ambassador to Bolivia has been arrested and accused of secretly serving as an agent of Cuba’s government, according to The Associated Press.

Officials say Manuel Rocha, 73, was arrested in Miami on Friday on a criminal complaint.

According to sources, more details about the case are expected to be made public at a court appearance Monday.

One of the two people who came forward with the complaint said the Justice Department case accuses Rocha of working to promote the Cuban government’s interests.

Federal law requires people doing the political bidding of a foreign government or entity inside the U.S. to register with the Justice Department, which in recent years has stepped up its criminal enforcement of illicit foreign lobbying.

According to records, Rocha’s 25-year diplomatic career was spent under both Democratic and Republican administrations, with the majority of it being in Latin America during the Cold War.

Rocha also served in Italy, Honduras, Mexico and the Dominican Republic, and worked as a Latin America expert for the National Security Council.

Rocha’s wife, Karla Wittkop Rocha, declined to comment when contacted by the AP. "I don’t need to talk to you," she said before hanging up.

The Justice Department also declined to comment.

Courtesy of Skidmark, the Daily Mail has photos here.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-12-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [20 views ] Top
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#1 Federal law requires people doing the political bidding of a foreign government or entity inside the U.S. to register with the Justice Department, which in recent years has stepped up its criminal enforcement of illicit foreign lobbying.

Wow, really?!? Ya don't say.

Posted by DooDahMan 2023-12-04 02:43|| 2023-12-04 02:43|| Front Page Top

#2

TOOK THEM LONG ENOUGH
or was it because it became public knowledge?
Manuel Rocha U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia

Posted by NN2N1 2023-12-04 05:54|| 2023-12-04 05:54|| Front Page Top

#3 His defense is he was doing what everyone does there. He went native.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-12-04 06:07|| 2023-12-04 06:07|| Front Page Top

"Former US ambassador arrested, accused of secretly serving as agent to Cuba"

As opposed to 'openly' serving as an foreign agent.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-12-04 06:37|| 2023-12-04 06:37|| Front Page Top

#5 Precisely my point, B.

Posted by DooDahMan 2023-12-04 06:53|| 2023-12-04 06:53|| Front Page Top

#6 Most of the State Department work for foreign governments. They certainly don't work on behalf of the American people.

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-12-04 08:15|| 2023-12-04 08:15|| Front Page Top

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