
The start of the US government vs ex-career US diplomat 73-year old Victor Manuel Rocha is postponed for 25 March 2024. The case is news in the Dominican Republic because he is married to a Dominican he met when he was the number two diplomat the US Embassy in the Dominican Republic. Rocha would leave the Dominican Republic and eventually become US ambassador to Bolivia. He left his diplomatic career and served as president of Barrick Pueblo Viejo mining company in the DR. He also sold coal to the Punta Catalina power plant.
He is now awaiting his arraignment and detention hearing in a Miami federal court. He is accused of spying for the Cuban government for over 40 years.
23 January 2024