Tuesday, December 5, 2023
LLYC has cut ties with Manuel Rocha, the 73-year-old former American diplomat who has been charged with spying for Cuba.
He had been working as a senior international business advisor at LLHC at the time of his Dec. 4 arrest but is no longer associated with the firm according to a statement from LLYC.
The firm will “collaborate fully with the authorities if required.”
Rocha served as US ambassador to Bolivia from 2002 to 2002 and worked in the US interests section in Cuba during the 1990s. He also held posts in the Dominican Republic, Italy, Argentina, Mexico and Argentina.
The case against Rocha exposes “one of the highest-reaching and longest-lasting infiltrations of the United States government by a foreign agent,” said attorney general Merrick Garland.
The US is LLYC’s No. 3 market, trailing Spain and Mexico.