Former US ambassador Manuel Rocha, accused of acting as a secret foreign agent of Cuba, pleaded guilty to federal charges in Miami. The 73-year-old Rocha pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government and defrauding the United States. He also admitted to acting as an illegal agent of a foreign government without notifying the US government.
Prosecutors alleged that Rocha had been a covert agent of Cuba's intelligence services for decades. The charges against him included acting as an illegal agent of a foreign government, wire fraud, and making false statements to investigators.
