Posted 4/15/2024, 9:33:39 PM
Former U.S. Diplomat Sentenced to 15 Years for 30-Year Infiltration as Cuban Spy
- Manuel Rocha, a 73-year-old former U.S. diplomat, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for being a Cuban spy
- Rocha says he was radicalized into communism while attending Yale University in the 1960s/70s
- Rocha had a successful career with the State Department and in the private sector before his arrest
- Prosecutors say Rocha's 30-year infiltration was one of the longest by a foreign agent in U.S. history
- Rocha apologized and took responsibility, saying his youthful radicalism led him to betray the U.S. government