https://apnews.com/article/fbi-cuba-bolivia-former-ambassador-ar…
A former American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Bolivia has been arrested in a long-running FBI counterintelligence investigation, accused of secretly serving as an agent of Cuba’s government, The Associated Press has learned.
Manuel Rocha, 73, was arrested in Miami on Friday on a criminal complaint and more details about the case are expected to be made public at a court appearance Monday, said two people who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss an ongoing federal investigation.
One of the people 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.
@9HDKNG95mos5MO
They need to investigate the whole entire government because of all the things that they have done and we don't know. And they don't even know who in their group is who they say they are.
I’m not sure people working with Cuba to promote Cuban interests are a priority at this point.
I’m more concerned about a much bigger communist country that is actively engaging in things in America that are an existential threat.
@CharismaticRobin5mos5MO
Not surprising. The State Dept’s Foreign Service Institute employs Marxist instructors to teach "area studies and tradecraft" for Latin America. Far left ideology goes deeper than you think throughout the Federal government.
@9HF4KBGRepublican 5mos5MO
A US official serving as an agent of another country is shameful and the ambassador should be removed from office. I would be concerned if incidents like this continued to happen
@9HDMYDR5mos5MO
We should investigate and oust this ambassador immediately.
@9HF2BWBProgressive5mos5MO
As a member of government, one must not allow another government body to control and dictate one's decisions. This can be labelled as a form of espionage on the part of the foreign body and an attempt at influencing internal politics in favour of said foreign body.
@9HDT7SM5mos5MO
Our information, good or bad, could be given away and used for bad.
@TwoPartyBob5mos5MO
This is a disgraceful betrayal of the US by a former diplomat. He should be tried for treason and espionage.
@MotivatedIcecream5mos5MO
According to Wikipedia, he was a diplomat under every administration from Reagan’s 1st term in 1981 to G.W. Bush’s 1st term in 2002.
@9HF49945mos5MO
It's horrible, we should really try and keep anti-Americans out
@9HDKHGB5mos5MO
Someone who is of our government is being accused of being an agent for Cuba.
to know someone who is higher up being accused of something horrible as a american citizen.
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@9HF4LMD5mos5MO
Can really change up things if we don't know who we are giving power too
@9HDXPLJ5mos5MO
it seems like a scandelous news topic.
@9HF6WPM5mos5MO
I think that we need to have more thorough background checks and really make sure we aren't hiring double agents.
@9HF2Q6D5mos5MO
We need to not have spies for enemy countries doing bad things to us.
@9HF6GTC5mos5MO
How could the US government be accused of serving as an agent of Cuba if he is can only focused on one particular country.
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