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This image provided by the U.S. Justice Department and contained in the affidavit in support of a criminal complaint, shows Manuel Rocha during a meeting with a FBI undercover employee. On Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024, Rocha, 73, told a judge he would admit to federal counts of conspiring to act as an agent of a foreign government, charges that could land him behind bars for several years. (Justice Department via AP, File)

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Career US diplomat abruptly admits to spying for communist Cuba for decades
By JOSHUA GOODMAN AND JIM MUSTIAN - Associated Press
Thu,02/29/24-1:37PM , 96 Reads
MIAMI (AP) — A former career U.S. diplomat told a federal judge Thursday he will plead guilty to charges of working for decades as a secret agent for communist Cuba, an unexpectedly swift resolution to a case prosecutors called one of the most brazen betrayals in the history of the U.S. foreign service.
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This image provided by the U.S. Justice Department and contained in the affidavit in support of a criminal complaint, shows Manuel Rocha during a meeting with a FBI undercover employee. Long before Rocha, a U.S. diplomat, was arrested in 2023 on charges of being a secret agent of Cuba for decades, there were plenty of red flags. An Associated Press investigation found the CIA received a tip about his alleged double life as far back as 2006, that Rocha may have been on a short list of suspected spies since 2010 and could have been linked to intelligence from 1987 of a U.S. turncoat known as Fidel Castro’s “super mole.” (Justice Department via AP)

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Key points of AP report into missed red flags surrounding accused US diplomat-turned-Cuban spy
By JOSHUA GOODMAN AND JIM MUSTIAN - Associated Press
Thu,02/15/24-9:21AM , 91 Reads
MIAMI (AP) — Friends and colleagues of Manuel Rocha knew him for an aristocratic, almost regal, bearing that was fitting for an Ivy League-educated career U.S. diplomat who held top posts across Latin America.
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Manuel Rocha sits in his office at Steel Hector & Davis in Miami in January 2003, joining the firm to help open doors in Latin America. Long before Rocha, a former U.S. diplomat, was arrested in 2023 on charges of being a secret agent of Cuba for decades, there were plenty of red flags. An Associated Press investigation found the CIA received a tip about his alleged double life as far back as 2006, that Rocha may have been on a short list of suspected spies since 2010 and could have been linked to intelligence from 1987 of a U.S. turncoat known as Fidel Castro’s “super mole.” (Raul Rubiera/Miami Herald via AP)

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Red flags, missed clues: How accused US diplomat-turned-Cuban spy avoided scrutiny for decades
By JOSHUA GOODMAN AND JIM MUSTIAN - Associated Press
Thu,02/15/24-9:02AM , 136 Reads
MIAMI (AP) — Manuel Rocha was well known in Miami’s elite circles for an aristocratic, almost regal, bearing that seemed fitting for an Ivy League-educated career U.S. diplomat who held top posts in Argentina, Bolivia, Cuba and the White House. “Ambassador Rocha,” as he preferred to be called, demanded and got respect.
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An automatic system drops pharmaceutical orders on a conveyor belt to be placed into boxes at Morris & Dickson Co., in Shreveport, Wednesday, July 13, 2016. As part of a settlement announced Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is allowing Morris & Dickson Co., one of the nation’s largest wholesale drug distributors, to stay in business, reversing an earlier order stripping the company of its licenses for its failure to properly monitor the shipment of tens of millions of addictive painkillers blamed for fueling the opioid crisis. (Henrietta Wildsmith/The Shreveport Times via AP, File)

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DEA reverses decision stripping drug distributor of licenses for fueling opioid crisis
By JOSHUA GOODMAN AND JIM MUSTIAN - Associated Press
Wed,02/07/24-1:51PM , 194 Reads
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