A former US ambassador admitted that he worked as a secret agent for Cuba for 40 years. The Justice Department says that never before has a foreign agent been able to penetrate the upper levels of American politics until now.
73-year-old Manuel Rocha was arrested in December.
After a year of investigation, the FBI concluded that the former ambassador was in fact a Cuban spy. The American media wrote that yesterday Rocha actually admitted that he was guilty and worked as a foreign agent. R
Ocha is said to have worked for the Cuban intelligence services since 1981. From that year until 2002 he worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Colombian-born American has risen to the top of American politics in recent decades. He was US Ambassador to Bolivia (2000-2002) and served on the National Security Council (1994-1995), in which role he was also responsible for Cuba. He also served in the embassies of the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Italy and Mexico.
After leaving the State Department, he supervised US military operations (2006-2012) in an area that includes Cuba.
It is not clear exactly what secrets he conveyed to Cuba.
