Victor Manuel Rocha, a former U.S. diplomat and recent senior international business advisor at Foley & Lardner’s Miami office, has signaled his intentions to plead guilty to charges of spying for the Cuban government. Arrested back in December, Rocha had multiple meetings with an undercover FBI agent throughout 2022 and 2023, during which he confessed to committing espionage on behalf of Cuba.
In a court document submitted this week, Rocha, who previously served as a U.S. ambassador to Bolivia, admitted to his intent to plead guilty to two counts of acting as a foreign agent for Cuba at the federal level. The precise details surrounding the actions and potential motivations that led to Rocha’s charges and his decision to plead guilty remain unclear.
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