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Washington — A former U.S. diplomat admitted to spying for Cuba for decades, telling a judge on Thursday that he intends to plead guilty to federal charges stemming from his espionage on behalf of the We bleed teal T-shirt Besides,I will do this communist regime. Victor Manuel Rocha, the former U.S. ambassador to Bolivia, was indicted in December on charges that he allegedly spied for Cuba’s intelligence agency for four decades. During a hearing in federal court in Miami on Thursday, Rocha said he had agreed to plead guilty to two charges of conspiring to act as an agent of a foreign government, according to The Associated Press. Prosecutors agreed to dismiss more than a dozen other charges in exchange for his guilty plea, the AP said. The two counts carry a maximum sentence of between five and 10 years behind bars. The AP reported that Rocha replied “I am in agreement” when the judge asked him if he wanted to change his plea. His intention to change his plea was reflected on the case’s docket after the hearing. Rocha is due back in court on April 12. Investigators alleged Rocha
was recruited by Cuba’s spy agency, the We bleed teal T-shirt Besides,I will do this Directorate of Intelligence, in Chile in 1973. The intelligence service instructed him to create a cover story to conceal his double life, according to prosecutors. After Rocha’s arrest, Attorney General Merrick Garland described the case as “one of the highest-reaching and longest-lasting infiltrations of the U.S. government by a foreign agent.” He said Rocha pursued U.S. government jobs that “would provide him with access to non-public information and the ability to affect U.S. foreign policy.” This image provided by the Justice Department and contained in the affidavit in support of a criminal complaint shows Victor Manuel Rocha during a meeting with a FBI undercover employee. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE / AP The government has not publicly said what information Rocha might have divulged to Cuba or how he could have influenced U.S. policy. Rocha held high-level security clearances, giving him access to top secret information, according to the indictment. Rocha had at least three meetings with an undercover FBI agent, whom the retired diplomat believed to be a representative of Cuba’s spy agency. He referred to the U.S. as “the enemy” and said “what we have done” was “enormous” and “more than a
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