Former U.S. diplomat and Cubanspy Manuel Rocha has been sentenced to 15 years in prison and ordered to pay a $500,000 fine after pleading guilty to conspiring to act as an agent of a foreign government earlier this year. The plea agreement stipulates that Rocha, 73, must also cooperate with federal investigators in an ongoing assessment of the impact his espionage activities have had on U.S. interests.
U.S. District Court Judge Beth Bloom told Rocha at the sentencing hearing: “Your actions were a direct attack to our democracy and the safety of our citizens.” The Cuban spy acknowledged responsibility for his actions and said he would accept the court’s penalty.
Rocha — who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia under both Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush — was arrested in early December of last year. His entering of a guilty plea to spying allegations in late February shocked the U.S. foreign service community. The scale of damage that Rocha may have caused to U.S. intelligence and national security operations around the communist Cuban regime is not yet known. Details of the former diplomat and spy’s activities are considered classified – Judge Bloom herself was not even informed by prosecutors when they became aware that Rocha was an agent of Cuba.
In recorded conversations with an undercover FBI agent posing as a Cuban intelligence operative, Rocha referred to the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro as “Comandante,” referred to the U.S. as the “enemy,” and bragged about his role as a Cuban operative for over 40 years within U.S. foreign policy circles.
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Former U.S. diplomat and Cuban spy Manuel Rocha has been sentenced to 15 years in prison and ordered to pay a $500,000 fine after pleading guilty to conspiring to act as an agent of a foreign government earlier this year. The plea agreement stipulates that Rocha, 73, must also cooperate with federal investigators in an ongoing assessment of the impact his espionage activities have had on U.S. interests.
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has initiated a criminal investigation into the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, last month. The bridge was struck on March 26 by the DALI, a container ship flagged in Singapore and crewed by Indians, assisted by U.S. harbor pilots. The subsequent collapse of the bridge caused six fatalities.
The FBI has officially confirmed its presence on the ship, stating, “The FBI is present aboard the cargo ship DALI conducting court authorized law enforcement activity.” They declined to add further details, but official sources say investigators will seek to establish whether the crew knew their ship, which appeared to lose power before the allision, had issues before they departed.
Erek L. Barron, U.S. attorney for Maryland, reaffirmed his commitment to the law in a statement, saying, “Whether it’s gun violence, civil rights abuse, financial fraud, or any other threat to public safety, we will seek accountability for anyone who may be responsible.”
The DALI is registered to Grace Ocean Ptd Ltd. and managed by the Singaporean firm Synergy Marine Group. At the time of the tragedy, Maersk had chartered the ship, which was en route to Sri Lanka from Baltimore.
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has initiated a criminal investigation into the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, last month. The bridge was struck on March 26 by the DALI, a container ship flagged in Singapore and crewed by Indians, assisted by U.S. harbor pilots. The subsequent collapse of the bridge caused six fatalities.
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Law enforcement officials in Chambers County, Texas, announced they have detained ten individuals at an East Texas home – suspected of being illegal immigrants from Asia and Guatemala – for allegedly possessing child pornography. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) further alleges the house, located 33 miles east of Downtown Houston, was being used to facilitate human trafficking.
The Chambers County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) says the suspects were detained and taken into custody after a Thursday morning raid. The operation necessitated forced entry after occupants declined to allow officers access to the property. According to a Fox Newsreport, Homeland Security officials are still working to determine the legal status of the arrested individuals.
Government officials say the operation was prompted by information gleaned from the Internet Crimes Against Children database, which suggested possible child pornography downloads associated with the location. Bryan Baker, a CCSO Captain, emphasized the local law enforcement’s commitment to maintaining zero tolerance for such illegal downloads.
Inside the house, law enforcement encountered ten people suspected to be illegally residing in the country, as well as multiple electronic devices. The officers also found supplies commonly associated with restaurants at the scene.
Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) assisted local officers at the scene. All suspects are said to have been transported to the Chambers County Jail, where they await processing by federal agents. Currently, criminal charges against the suspects have not been made public. The CCSO noted that the investigation into potential human trafficking or human smuggling, among other crimes, is ongoing.
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Law enforcement officials in Chambers County, Texas, announced they have detained ten individuals at an East Texas home – suspected of being illegal immigrants from Asia and Guatemala – for allegedly possessing child pornography. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) further alleges the house, located 33 miles east of Downtown Houston, was being used to facilitate human trafficking.
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) has indicted Kyle Benjamin Douglas Calvert, a 26-year-old Alabama resident who identifies as transgender/nonbinary, on federal terrorism charges related to his alleged detonation of an explosive device filled with nails outside the Alabama Attorney General’s Office. Authorities apprehended Calvert — known to have posted Antifa-related content and expressed views endorsing violence against the Republican-led state government — last Wednesday.
The DOJ‘s investigation revealed Calvert had placed Antifa stickers near the crime scene, according to their press release. Court papers describe Calvert as a “dangerous” public threat due to “his inability to control his own violent, aggressive impulses.”
The National Pulse reported that Calvert had donated his improvised explosive device outside the Alabama Attorney General’s office in February. According to court filings by the DOJ, the suspect “added a substantial number of nails and other shrapnel to increase [the explosive’s] destructive capability.” In addition, the filing states that Calvert placed stickers promoting Antifa on state buildings. Court documents reveal that some of the stickers bore phrases like “ANTI-FASCISM IS COMMUNITY SELF-DEFENSE,” “ABOLISH PRIVATE PROPERTY,” and “EAT THE RICH.” Other stickers read “DEATH TO FASCISM,” “ARM THE HOMELESS,” “F–K WORK LET’S RIOT!” and “NEVER WORK.”
“[Antifa is] a group that law enforcement has a singular focus on, particularly based on their core set of values and beliefs, individuals that are willing to engage in violent behavior, completely contrary to the structure of our Constitution,” Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall told Fox News regarding the incident and subsequent indictment. He added: “It is a group that should be on the radar screen of law enforcement agencies across our state and as well as our nation, and are extremely disturbing and concerning to those of us who serve in public office.”
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) has indicted Kyle Benjamin Douglas Calvert, a 26-year-old Alabama resident who identifies as transgender/nonbinary, on federal terrorism charges related to his alleged detonation of an explosive device filled with nails outside the Alabama Attorney General's Office. Authorities apprehended Calvert — known to have posted Antifa-related content and expressed views endorsing violence against the Republican-led state government — last Wednesday.
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Ahmed Alid, a 45-year-old asylum seeker living in taxpayer-funded accommodation in Britain, stabbed another asylum seeker who was converting to Christianity in the chest, then stabbed a random 70-year-old man to death in the street, in a show of support for Gaza following the Hamas terror raid on Israel on October 7.
Javed Nouri, the asylum seeker Alid stabbed at their shared accommodation in Hartlepool, England, survived the attack. He reported Alid shouted “Allahu Akbar!” as he struck, and that he had previously reported the extremist to housing managers and police, to no avail.
“Mr Nouri was a Muslim who had converted to Christianity, and the defendant would therefore have regarded him as an apostate or ‘murtad,’” prosecutors told Teesside Crown Court.
“[W]hen the defendant was interviewed by the police, he initially thought that he had killed both Mr Nouri and Mr Carney,” they continued, referring to the murdered senior citizen, Terence Carney.
“He said he had wanted to kill them because of the conflict in Gaza and to further his desire that Palestine would be free from the Zionists, by which he meant Israel.
“The defendant said he would have killed more people if he had been able to do so.”
Alid is also accused of assaulting two policewomen who interviewed him following his arrest for the stabbings.
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Ahmed Alid, a 45-year-old asylum seeker living in taxpayer-funded accommodation in Britain, stabbed another asylum seeker who was converting to Christianity in the chest, then stabbed a random 70-year-old man to death in the street, in a show of support for Gaza following the Hamas terror raid on Israel on October 7.
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The German Interior Ministry has confirmed foreign criminal suspects surged to approximately 923,000 in 2023, a rise of almost a fifth year-on-year.
Forty-one percent of all crime suspects were identified as foreigners, far exceeding their share of the population. However, this likely underestimates the true impact of mass migration on the crime statistics, as migrants who acquire German citizenship and the descendants of recent migrants are all counted as “German” in the suspect statistics.
The migrant crime wave has helped to drive violent offenses to record highs, with approximately 214,000 logged in 2023 — an annual rise of 8.6 percent.
Cases of grievous bodily harm reached a record 154,000, up 6.8 percent over 2022, and cases of “intentional simple assault” reached 434,000, up 7.4 percent.
Some categories of crime rose even more sharply, with robberies increasing by 17 percent to 44,857, and residential burglaries increasing by 18.9 percent to 77,819 cases.
Certain petty crimes also increased dramatically, with shoplifting up by 23.6 percent to 426,096.
Nevertheless, the Federal Interior Minister for Germany’s far-left coalition government, Nancy Faeser, insists “the greatest threat that our free democratic basic order currently faces [is] right-wing extremism.”
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The German Interior Ministry has confirmed foreign criminal suspects surged to approximately 923,000 in 2023, a rise of almost a fifth year-on-year.
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Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) has introduced legislation amending the Immigration and Nationality Act to bar immigrants who’ve committed violent and sexualcrimes against women from entering the United States. It would also allow for the deportation of immigrants currently in the country convicted of the same offenses. The U.S. law — which governs immigration and citizenship requirements — hasn’t been updated in nearly 20 years.
“By preventing illegals with a history of sex offenses or domestic violence from entering our country and swiftly deporting those who have committed such crimes, we’re taking concrete steps to ensure that women can live free from fear and harm,” Rep. Mace told The National Pulse. She added: “We will always prioritize the safety and well-being of women in our communities, which should be a common-sense imperative for us all.”
The Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act would change the inadmissibility criteria in U.S. immigration law to include the prohibition on any immigrant “who has been convicted of, who admits having committed, or who admits committing acts which constitute the essential elements of a sex offense.” Immigrants who are deemed to have engaged in “a conspiracy to commit such an offense” would also be barred.
In addition, the legislation would bar entry to any immigrant “who has been convicted of, who admits having committed, or who admits committing acts which constitute the essential elements of a crime of domestic violence.” Immigrants already in the United States who are subsequently convicted of domestic violence or a sex offense would be open to deportation under Mace’s proposed changes.
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Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) has introduced legislation amending the Immigration and Nationality Act to bar immigrants who've committed violent and sexualcrimes against women from entering the United States. It would also allow for the deportation of immigrants currently in the country convicted of the same offenses. The U.S. law — which governs immigration and citizenship requirements — hasn't been updated in nearly 20 years.
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Donald Trump’s warning that Joe Biden’s border crisis is creating a “new category” of “migrant crime” continues to appear prophetic after a week peppered with incidents involving migrant rapists, pedophiles, and murderous drug traffickers – often abetted by the authorities.
PEDOPHILE TRAFFICKER.
Charges against 23-year-old illegal alien Pablo Mendoza, arrested for raping an extremely vulnerable minor described as “physically helpless or mentally incapacitated,” have been upgraded.
He now stands accused of sodomy, sexual abuse, and human trafficking. Local law enforcement believe he was attempting to pass his victim on to another man, saying they would likely have “a missing 14-year-old girl, and she would not be in our area” had things gone slightly differently.
A DETAINER IGNORED.
On Wednesday, the Baltimore office of the Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) wing of U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ERO) announced they had detained a Colombian illegal alien, also accused of the “horrific” rape of a Massachusetts minor.
ICE reported the Colombian was initially detained after crossing the border illegally in July 2022, but, like many other illegals, he was released under the so-called Alternative to Detention (ATD) program.
He was arrested for the alleged rape in January. Worryingly, however, the Essex County Sheriff’s Office ignored a detainer request from ICE and released him back onto the streets. He remained at large until late March, seriously endangering public safety.
ENDANGERING THE PUBLIC.
ICE had a similar experience involving a predatory migrant in Maryland; this time, an Indian man was convicted of sexually abusing a minor.
This pedophile was also let loose among the public in defiance of an ICE detainer request, forcing the ERO Baltimore team to track him down.
ERO took the slightly unusual step of publicly calling out the local authorities, namely Howard County Executive Calvin Ball and Howard County Council, for releasing the pedophile.
“This predator’s presence in our area constituted a significant threat to the children of our Maryland neighborhoods,” said ERO Baltimore director Matthew Elliston.
“We cannot allow noncitizen sex offenders to roam the streets of our community,” he added.
ICE announced they successfully removed Aurelio Coy-Quib, 41, Byron Randolfo Parada Vasquez, 27, and Luis Antonio Sian-Gonzalez, 33, to Guatemala on Wednesday.
The three men were all wanted for rape in their home country. Coy-Quib had been released following his initial detention by Border Patrol and, like many illegals, simply skipped immigration court. He remained under the radar for years after a judge ruled he should be deported in absentia, only falling into ICE’s hands when he was arrested for assault.
Parada had been deported after entering illegally at least twice before. The first time, he notched convictions for drug trafficking and assault before his removal. His second deportation was more straightforward, with U.S. officials catching him when he crossed and prosecuting him for illegal reentry. His third deportation followed a similar pattern, except ICE also discovered he was wanted for aggravated rape in Guatemala.
Sian-Gonzalez was also apprehended relatively quickly and also confirmed to be wanted for aggravated rape after being detained.
ALMOST DECAPITATED.
On Monday, Baltazar Perez-Estrada, who had entered the U.S. illegally a mere two weeks ago, walked into Illinois’s Carol Stream Police Department in Illinois and informed officers he had stabbed his wife to death. In fact, he had almost decapitated her in front of their children, reportedly because he had discovered she had a boyfriend.
“The extremely violent end to a young mother’s life is something that should touch us all,” said DuPage County State Attorney Robert Berlin.
“Not only has this senseless and brutal act removed Maricela from [the lives of her family and friends], but it has robbed two young children of their mother,” added Carol Stream Chief of Police Don Cummings.
Like many of the illegal aliens mentioned above, Perez-Estrada was caught by the authorities when he entered the U.S. but was given a court date and left at large.
DOUBLE MURDER DERAILS DEPORTATION.
On Monday, a Haitian migrant was arrested for allegedly stabbing two men to death in Middletown, New York — as he was awaiting a deportation hearing.
Thirty-year-old Kenol Baptiste reportedly stabbed both men multiple times, with one being found dead in the apartment complex they shared with the Haitian and the other found badly wounded on the street. He died in hospital while police dogs hunted down Baptiste in woodland near the crime scene.
The suspected murderer is thought to have entered the U.S. around eight months ago, but the authorities are “still trying to track back how, where, when.”
Orange County Executive Steven Neuhaus blamed the Joe Biden regime for the killings and noted Democrat New York City Mayor Eric Adams had dumped over 80 single male migrants in hotels in the area in May 2023.
TOO MANY CHANCES.
Forty-six-year-old Fermin Garcia-Gutierrez, a Mexican illegal who has already been charged over 20 times and deported an astonishing eight times, is back before the U.S. authorities yet for potentially his worst offense to date after the body of a murder victim was discovered in Ohio.
Garcia-Gutierrez faces charges of premeditated, aggravated murder, various weapons offenses, drug possession, and obstruction. He has assumed at least seven separate identities since 2001, with Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones asking at a Wednesday press conference, “Who knows how many people this guy has been involved in and has killed?”
“Here in the United States, in our jail, he’s had two or three weapons charges, he’s had domestic violence [charges]… driving while intoxicated,” the sheriff said.
“We don’t know how many he’s killed in Mexico.”
While many Democrats have attempted to downplay the impact of migrant crime, Jones stressed that almost 1,000 illegal aliens have entered his jail on state crime charges since Biden assumed office.
KILLER FENTANYL TRAFFICKER.
The final example on this by no means exhaustive list is an unnamed Dominican charged with fentanyl trafficking, assault and battery, and strangulation.
It now emerges he is wanted in his homeland for murder and illegally entered the U.S. in order to evade a murder trial.
“He made his way to Massachusetts and has been repeatedly apprehended by local authorities and charged with crimes of violence and drug crimes,” ICE confirmed.
Read The National Pulse’s previous migrant crime round-up here.
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Donald Trump's warning that Joe Biden's border crisis is creating a "new category" of "migrant crime" continues to appear prophetic after a week peppered with incidents involving migrant rapists, pedophiles, and murderous drug traffickers – often abetted by the authorities.
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Mohamedamin Abdirisek Ibrahim, a 22-year-old Somali refugee, has been charged with murder in connection to the death of his seven-months-pregnant Swedish girlfriend, Saga Forsgren Elneborg. Ibrahim is accused of killing 20-year-old Saga Forsgren Elneborg in her Örebro home. The prosecution alleges that Ibrahim strangled Elneborg to death in an alleged honor killing.
Prosecutor Elizabeth Anderson stated that Ibrahim committed the murder in an “honor context,” aiming to maintain or reclaim his family’s honor by killing Elneborg, who was carrying his child. Anderson also noted that there’s no evidence proving that Ibrahim informed his family of his relationship with Elneborg or her pregnancy.
Text messages between the couple suggest Ibrahim feared telling his family about Elneborg’s pregnancy. The messages also indicate that Ibrahim wanted Elneborg to have an abortion. The tension escalated till Elneborg’s death. Ibrahim allegedly used a lamp cord to strangle her.
Ibrahim denies the charges and insists upon his love for his late girlfriend. Ibrahim’s story on the tragedy will further unravel when he faces his murder trial scheduled for next Wednesday.
Sweden, like many European nations, has struggled to integrate migrants from Islamic countries like Somalia. The country is home to several notorious “no-go zones,” and crimes committed by migrants are frequent.
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Mohamedamin Abdirisek Ibrahim, a 22-year-old Somali refugee, has been charged with murder in connection to the death of his seven-months-pregnant Swedish girlfriend, Saga Forsgren Elneborg. Ibrahim is accused of killing 20-year-old Saga Forsgren Elneborg in her Örebro home. The prosecution alleges that Ibrahim strangled Elneborg to death in an alleged honor killing.
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The Justice Department has asked a New York district judge to send Aimee Harris, the woman who stole Ashley Biden‘s diary, to prison for four to 10 months.
Prosecutors initially sought a sentence of six months of home confinement and three years of supervised release for Aimee Harris. However, prosecutors now argue that Harris’s multiple requests to move her hearing date amount to an effort to “improperly delay” her sentencing and are seeking a stiffer sentence.
According to the Department of Justice, the stolen diary was part of a haul that included tax records, private family photographs, and a personal cellphone. All of the items were found in the same Florida home where Ashley Biden once resided.
The legal document, filed by U.S. Attorney Damian Williams, emphasizes the defendant’s disregard for court proceedings and her unwillingness to work within the legal framework. Harris allegedly made false statements to earn unwarranted breaks, refused court appearances, and neglected to provide required information to the court.
After acquiring the diary and other belongings, Harris enlisted Robert Kurlander’s aid to orchestrate a sale. The materials eventually found their way to conservative media outlet Project Veritas in the lead-up to the 2020 election, earning the duo $40,000.
The contents of the diary did not go public, but parts of it were eventually disseminated online, including disturbing revelations about Biden taking showers with her father. “Was I molested? I think so — I can’t remember specifics but I do remember trauma. Hyper-sexualized @ a young age . . . I remember being somewhat sexualized with Caroline; I remember having sex with friends @ a young age; showers w/my dad (probably not appropriate),” Biden wrote.
Harris’s sentencing hearing is set for April 9 and prosecutors have warned against further avoidance, threatening an enhancement for obstruction of justice.
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The Justice Department has asked a New York district judge to send Aimee Harris, the woman who stole Ashley Biden's diary, to prison for four to 10 months.
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