The former US ambassador was sentenced to 15 years in prison for spying for Cuba
| The former US ambassador to Bolivia was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the crime of spying for the Washington government on Cuba for several decades. |
According to Webangah News quoted by Mehr Newsweek, according to Newsweek, a court in Miami, after accepting the confession of Victor Manuel Roja, the former US ambassador to Bolivia, accused him of spying for the US government for Cuba for decades. , sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Bet Blum, the judge of the District Court of Miami, while confirming this sentence, sentenced Roja to pay a fine of 500,000.
The US Attorney General issued an indictment against 73-year-old Rukhai last December. America’s Attorney General Merrick Garland called this case “one of the highest level and longest cases of influence of a foreign agent in the American government”.
Matthew Olsen, the Deputy Attorney General of the United States, said about this: This guilty plea and subsequent conviction ended more than four decades of betrayal and deception on the part of the accused.
He continued: Roja admitted that while holding several sensitive positions, he was active as an influencer of the Cuban government; A shocking betrayal of the American people and a confirmation that every one of his oaths was a lie.
