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Counterintelligence - Espionage - Spy Case

Name	ALVAREZ, Carlos, PhD		ALVAREZ, Elsa, LCSW
Employer	Florida International University		Florida International University
Dates of Employment	1974-2006		1999-2006
Employee Type	College professor		University Administrator
Job Title/Duties	Associate Professor, Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Studies, Florida International University; Member, FIU's Program in Conflict Resolution and Consensus Building; Affiliate, Harvard University Program on International Conflict Analysis & Resolution; Co-Author, Ethnic Identity: Understanding Contemporary Perspectives. Gave a lecture at the University of Virginia on "Second Generation Cuban American Identity: The Impact of Diaspora on Identity" Conducts psychological screenings of police cadets for the city of Miami and Miami-Dade County police departments. On the Advisory Board of FIU's Cuban Research Institute: "The CRI was established in 1991 to generate and disseminate research about Cuba and Cuban Americans. The CRI combines advanced scholarship with the substantial resources of the Greater Miami community to produce research, training, and public service programs at the local, national, and international levels......The CRI has been preparing for such an eventuality to position FIU in a leadership role in future academic contact between the US and the island. (CRI report .pdf) 2000-2001 objective: establish a Study in Cuba Program that provides opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to have first-hand knowledge of contemporary Cuba through a program in Cuba taught and directed by FIU faculty. Accomplishment: 23 students and two faculty members traveled to Cuba in June 2001 in a highly successful Study in Cuba program. (CRI report .pdf)		Coordinator in the social work training program, specializing in psychological treatment, crisis intervention and group psychotherapy
Military Rank
Clearance Level	None
Spying For	Cuba Intelligence Service
Codename	"David"		"Deborah"
Spying Dates	1977 to 2006 1991 trip to Cuba. Returned several times since then with FIU's Cuban Research Institute and with Cuban Bridges (promotes direct exchanges between US and Cuba)		1982 to 2006 Had been independently spying for Cuba before teaming up with husband.
Co-conspirators	Wife--Elsa Alvarez		Husband--Carlos Alvarez
Methodology	Used an encryption system to communicate with their handlers via short-wave radio and carried messages to and from Cuba. An antenna in their backyard, a shortwave radio, a five-digit code, encrypted computer disks and local post office boxes. Shared information with Cuban intelligence agents in Mexico, South America and the United States.  Carried messages to Cuba in secret briefcase compartments. Couple traveled to Cuba several times on US-authorized educational trips, bringing along FIU students. Trips were a "pretext to do other things"--Assistant US Attorney Brian Frazier
Possible Motivations, Problems	Loyalty to Cuba
Finances	Home valued at $750,000
Identified/ Investigation
Arrest Date/Location	Friday, 6 January 2006 Confessed to spying in June and July 2005 to FBI and NCIS
Charges	Acting as agents of Cuba's Directorate of Intelligence without registering with the US government. The couple transmitted information about Miami's exile community -- including leading groups such as the Cuban American National Foundation and Brothers to the Rescue. No evidence of sending any military or classified information, but they did provide Cuban officials with the identity of an FBI employee who had once been an FIU student of Carlos Alvarez.
Court	Southern District of Florida
Lawyers	Attorney Steven Chaykin		Lawyer Norman Moscowitz
Status	Sentenced to 5 years in prison		Sentenced to 3 years in prison
Date/Place of Birth	1944, Cardenas, Cuba		1950, Cuba
Citizenship	Came to US in 1961. US citizenship in 1972.		US citizenship in 1979
Residences	South Miami, Florida
Education	Earned PhD in Psychology in 1972, University of Florida
Family	Wife Elsa (married in 1980) and five children Had previous marriage		Husband Carlos (married in 1980)  and five children
Other Employment
Additional Bio	His CRI bio: Carlos M. Álvarez is associate professor in the department of educational leadership and policy studies and a member of the faculty coordinating committee of the graduate certificate program in conflict resolution. He holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Florida. Dr. Álvarez teaches graduate level courses and conducts research on topics related to conflict resolution and the construction of ethnonational identities. He recently published a book entitled Ethnic Identity: Understanding Contemporary Perspectives. He has also published essays on the issue of Cuban American identity from a social psychological perspective. Dr. Álvarez has worked for more than 25 years as a consultant, visiting professor, lecturer, and trainer at different educational institutions in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Spain.
Documents	FORMER FIU PROFESSORS SENTENCED ON CONSPIRACY AND MISPRISION CHARGES....(USAO Press Release, 27 Feb 2007)   UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS PLEAD GUILTY TO CUBA-RELATED CHARGES ......(DOJ Press Release, 19 Dec 2006)   Elsa Alvarez Plea Agreement (19 Dec 2006)   Carlos Alvarez Plea Agreement (19 Dec 2006)   Alvarez Superseding Information (19 Dec 2006)   TWO SOUTH FLORIDA UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS INDICTED AS COVERT AGENTS OF CUBAN GOVERNMENT......(USAO Press Release, 9 Jan 2006)   US v Carlos Alvarez, aka "David" and Elsa Alvarez, aka "Deborah" (9 Jan 2006)
Quotes	"They worked for the directorate of the Cuban Intelligence Services and provided sensitive information on the exile community's leaders.'' U.S. Attorney R. Alexander Acosta   “I was collaborating, basically, sharing insights and information with the Cuban government for some years. Information that I felt was pertinent.” Carlos Alvarez   “I was not an agent of the Cuban government. I was a collaborator, which is very different." Carlos Alvarez   "These were highly placed and very well-regarded operatives in the United States." Assistant US Attorney Brian Frazier   ''They used their academic positions as covert covers to spy for the Cuban government. They were living a lie.'' Assistant US Attorney Brian Frazier   "Whenever information is transmitted by spies to the government of Cuba, that clearly endangers the United States." US Attorney Alexander Acosta   "It is clearly of concern to us that a covert agent of Cuba would do psychological screenings for police officers in the city of Miami." US Attorney Alexander Acosta     "I'm totally baffled. He is the last person I could think of doing anything like this. We talked about politics, of course, but he was not active politically in any kind of group or petition." Uva de Aragon, associate director of FIU's Cuban Research Institute   "All persons seeking the benefits of U.S. citizenship must take an oath to 'absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of whom or which [he or she] has heretofore been a subject.' Carlos and Elsa Alvarez paid only lip service to that oath, deciding to secretly serve the interests of a foreign master. Today's sentences reflect the seriousness of their crimes." US Attorney Alexander Acosta
Case Links	CI Centre Course: 159 Cuban Intelligence: An Introduction to Cuban Intelligence and Counterintelligence Operations & Methodologies
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News:

Professor in Spying Case Gets 5 Years

A college professor was sentenced to five years in prison Tuesday after pleading guilty to lesser charges in a case alleging that he and his wife spied for the Cuban government. Carlos Alvarez, 61, and his wife, Elsa, 56, were sentenced by U.S. District Judge K. Michael Moore on reduced charges they received in a federal plea agreement. Elsa Alvarez was sentenced to three years in prison and one year of probation. Carlos Alvarez also received three years' probation.....(AP, 28 Feb 07)

College prof sentenced to 5 years in prison for spying for Cuba

A college professor who pleaded guilty in a federal case involving allegations that he and his wife spied for Cuba's communist government and betrayed their fellow Cuban-American exiles by passing along information about community figures was sentenced Tuesday to five years in prison.....(AP, 28 Feb 07)

FIU couple heading to jail

Convicted ex-Florida International University academics Carlos and Elsa Alvarez apologized Tuesday as a pair of tearful defendants, expressing regret for a secret life of informing on Miami's exile community for Cuba....(Miami Herald, 28 Feb 07)

Florida couple sentenced as Cuban spies

A Cuban-American couple who worked at a Florida university were sentenced on Tuesday to prison terms for funneling information about Miami's Cu

Prosecutors seek max penalty for professor in Cuba spy case

A college professor who pleaded guilty in a federal case involving allegations that he and his wife spied for Cuba should receive the maximum five years in prison because he did "classic intelligence work" for Fidel Castro's communist government, prosecutors said Monday. Carlos Alvarez, 61, and his 56-year-old wife Elsa were set to be sentenced today. Both pleaded guilty Dec. 19 to reduced federal charges in the case involving accusations of exchanging coded messages with Cuban intelligence services about Cuban-American exile groups and prominent figures in Miami......A written report cited by prosecutors stated that one of Carlos Alvarez's contacts met personally with Richard Nuccio, then-President Clinton's special adviser to Cuba, in 1996. The report said Nuccio was "very depressed" and "devastated" by the signing of the Helms-Burton Act, which strengthened U.S. sanctions against Cuba....(AP, 27 Feb 07)

Ex-FIU prof, wife face sentencing

One-time Florida International University professor Carlos Alvarez and his wife Elsa supplied agents in Castro's government with classic intelligence information that went far beyond the ''harmless gossip'' the couple said they gathered on the Cuban exile community, federal prosecutors said today....(Miami Herald, 26 Feb 07)

Professor, wife plead guilty after spy charges reduced

The couple's arrests in January followed years of FBI surveillance, which included placing a listening device in the bedroom of their Miami home and wiretaps on their telephone. The FBI said Carlos Alvarez, known to the Cubans by the code name "David," used a short-wave radio and encryption techniques to communicate with his Cuban handlers….(AP, 22 Dec 06)

Couple strikes plea deal in Castro 'spy' case

Almost one year after his arrest jolted Miami, former Florida International University professor Carlos Alvarez pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to be an unregistered agent who informed on the Cuban exile community for the communist government of Fidel Castro. His wife, Elsa, an FIU counselor on leave, also pleaded guilty in federal court in Miami to being aware of his illegal activity, harboring him and failing to disclose it to authorities…The plea agreements, approved by U.S. District Judge K. Michael Moore, mean that Carlos Alvarez faces up to five years in prison and his wife, Elsa, up to three years at their sentencing, which is set for Feb. 27. Carlos, who has been held at the Miami Federal Detention Center since his arrest in January, smiled and blew kisses to a half-dozen supporters in the courtroom. His wife, who was released on a $400,000 bond by the judge in June, remained stoic.…(Miami Herald, 20 Dec 06)

Alleged spy's deportation delayed

A Montrealer who is alleged to be a Russian spy might have to spend Christmas behind bars even though his native country's consular staff have now confirmed his Russian citizenship and are ready to give him travel papers, the man's lawyer says. Canada Border Services Agency says the man formerly known as Paul William Hampel cannot be deported to Russia until Dec. 27…(Globe and Mail, 20 Dec 06)

Canada Delays Expulsion of Russian Spy — Lawyer

…Stephane Handfield told AFP that the alleged spy known as Paul William Hampel was supposed to be expelled following the 04 December 2006 judge’s decision on his case.…(MosNews, 20 Dec 06)

Professor, wife plead guilty after spy charges reduced

…The couple's arrests in January followed years of FBI surveillance, which included placing a listening device in the bedroom of their Miami home and wiretaps on their telephone. The FBI said Carlos Alvarez, known to the Cubans by the code name "David," used a short-wave radio and encryption techniques to communicate with his Cuban handlers….(AP, 20 Dec 06)

Florida professor pleads guilty to conspiring to spy for Cuba

Former Florida International University professor Carlos Alvarez came to regret collaborating with Cuban intelligence agents. The secret meetings, code names and encrypted messages about prominent Cuban exiles - all of which Alvarez has admitted - began as an attempt to foster dialogue between Cuban-Americans and Cubans on the island. But he was never a communist or a Castro supporter…(Sun-Sentinel, 20 Dec 06)

Former FIU Teacher And Cuban Spy Pleads To A Lesser Charge
A former professor at Florida International University (FIU) and his wife, will plead guilty to charges of spying for the Cuban government. Local television station WFOR, confirms Carlos Alvarez, 61, has agreed to plead guilty to a lesser charge of conspiring to act as a foreign agent, while his wife, Elsa, will plead guilty to a lesser criminal charge as well. It's a charge of "misprision of a felony" which means she knew that her husband was talking to the Cuban government and didn't report it to authorities….(AHN, 18 Dec 06)

FIU prof, wife plead guilty to reduced charges in Cuba spy case

…The guilty pleas came after a federal judge last month upheld as evidence a lengthy statement given by Carlos Alvarez to the FBI in 2005. Alvarez admitted in those interviews to being a ''collaborator'' with Cuba's intelligence service beginning in 1977, insisting he was mainly interested in opening dialogue with the communist government of President Fidel Castro….(AP, 18 Dec 06)

Couple in Cuba spy case to accept plea deal, sources say

Longtime FIU academic Carlos Alvarez, 61, held in federal custody for almost a year, has agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to be an unregistered agent for the communist government of Cuban leader Fidel Castro…(Miami Herald, 16 Dec 06)

Source: Guilty Pleas in Cuban Agent Case

…U.S. District Judge K. Michael Moore set a change-of-plea hearing Tuesday for Carlos and Elsa Alvarez, both of whom had previously pleaded not guilty. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the plea agreements are not yet public, said Carlos Alvarez would plead guilty to a reduced charge of conspiracy to become an unregistered foreign agent, which carries a maximum prison sentence of five years. He was originally charged with failing to register with U.S. authorities as agents of the Cuban government, a count that carries a possible sentence of 10 years. Elsa Alvarez will plead guilty to knowing about her husband's crimes and failing to report them to authorities, an offense known by the archaic term "misprision of a felony," the person said. She could end up serving no additional prison time under the new charge….(AP, 15 Dec 06)

Alleged agent's confession allowed at trial

…U.S. Magistrate Judge Barry Garber rejected Florida International University professor Carlos Alvarez's bid to throw out his statements on grounds that he only spoke with the FBI because of alleged promises not to prosecute if he cooperated as a “double agent.”  Garber said two FBI agents made no such promises during three days of interviews in a hotel last year, nor did they have that authority. The judge also found that the agents did not place him in custody, nor did Alvarez make his statements involuntarily….(Miami Herald, 21 Nov 06)

Judge rejects challenge to evidence in Cuban agent case
A federal judge refused Wednesday to throw out a lengthy statement given to the FBI by a college professor charged along with his wife with acting as illegal agents of Cuba's communist government. U.S. Magistrate Judge Barry Garber, whose recommendation must be approved by another judge, ruled that Florida International University (FIU) psychology professor Carlos Alvarez gave the statements voluntarily, was free to leave the FBI interviews any time and was never promised immunity from prosecution. The statements Alvarez gave to the FBI in summer 2005 are the cornerstone of the federal case against he and his wife, Elsa, also an FIU employee. They were arrested in January on charges of failing to register with the U.S. as agents of Cuban President Fidel Castro's government and have pleaded not guilty….(AP, 15 Nov 06)

Statute of limitations may have run out on some crimes by Cuban agents

Code names. Clandestine meetings. Friday night radio transmissions. Safe houses. Accused Cuban agent Carlos Alvarez admitted it all to the FBI last summer, according to a recently released transcript of the confession at the core of the government's case against him. Federal prosecutors say the video-recorded statements prove Alvarez, a psychology professor at Florida International University, and his wife, Elsa, a university counselor, served as Cuban intelligence operatives….(Sun-Sentinel, 8 Sep 06)

Professor admits Cuban ’collaboration’

A Florida International University professor admitted Friday that he was a “collaborator” with Cuba’s intelligence service but insisted he had distanced himself from the communist government by the time he confessed details of his work to the FBI in the summer of 2005. Psychology professor Carlos Alvarez, who is charged with failing to register with the U.S. as a Cuban agent, acknowledged communicating with Cuban officials using a short-wave radio, using sophisticated encryption techniques and a code name, which was “David.” …(AP, 25 Aug 06)

Alleged Cuban agent: FBI offered immunity

In testimony in federal court, an FIU professor accused of being a Cuban intelligence agent said he thought he had immunity from prosecution when he spoke to two FBI agents….(AP, 25 Aug 06)

Double agent deal rejected

For three days last summer, Florida college professor Carlos Alvarez sat in a Miami hotel room with FBI agents and spilled the details of his work as a covert agent for the Cuban government…(Sun-Sentinel, 24 Aug 06)

FBI hoped to recruit FIU professor, alleged Cuban agent to spy for U.S.

The FBI hoped to recruit a university professor suspected of being a longtime Cuban agent to spy for the U.S. government against Havana, but never made any explicit promises of criminal immunity if he cooperated or refused, an FBI agent testified Wednesday. Albert Alonso, the lead FBI agent in the case of Florida International University psychology professor Carlos Alvarez, said the FBI had become convinced based on intercepted telephone calls that Alvarez _ allegedly a Cuban operative since 1977 _ was ready by June 2005 to work “in an intelligence capacity” for the U.S. against Cuba…..(AP, 23 Aug 06)

Cuba Spying Case In Court On Confession Issue

The case of an FIU Professor accused of representing Cuban interests in the United States will be before a judge Thursday. A hearing is scheduled to decide on whether a confession by the alleged Cuban agent in Miami should be permitted as evidence….(CBS4, 23 Aug 06)

Evidence against suspected woman spy 'not very strong'

Prosecutors don't have a very convincing case against a Cuban-American university employee charged along with her professor husband of being longtime secret agents of Cuba's communist government, a federal judge said in a ruling releasing the wife on bail. In fact, U.S. District Judge K. Michael Moore said in the 14-page ruling, the evidence shows that Elsa Alvarez had no contact with Cuban government officials for at least a decade and that she tried on numerous occasions to stop her husband, Carlos Alvarez, from continuing his work for Cuba's intelligence service......(AP, 22 Jun 06)

Woman Accused Of Spying For Cuba Released

Elsa Alvarez, who was arrested in January for allegedly spying for Cuba, has been released on $400,000 bond from a Miami Federal Detention Center….(UPI, 22 Jun 06)

Spy suspect posts $400,000 bail

When Carlos and Elsa Alvarez were arrested on charges of being secret agents for Cuba in January, it was international news.....(South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 22 Jun 06)

Accused FIU Cuban Spy Released On Bond

An FIU employee accused along with her husband of being a secret agent for Cuba in Miami is free on bond after spending five months in jail, but her husband will remain behind bars as he awaits trial.....(AP, 21 Jun 06)

Dismiss Cuban spy case, says defense lawyer

A university professor accused of being a Cuban government operative is seeking dismissal of the charges because of promises made by FBI agents that he wouldn't be prosecuted if he told them the truth about his secret activities. Documents filed in federal court, including partial transcripts of taped FBI interviews, show that Florida International University psychology professor Carlos Alvarez was told several times by two FBI agents that he had nothing to worry about if he came clean….(AP, 10 Jun 06)

Release near for woman accused of being Cuban agent

…Elsa Alvarez will post a $500,000 bond, live under a nighttime curfew and agree to have her movements monitored electronically. She could be released in about a week if court paperwork is completed and bond is met. Elsa Alvarez, 55, a university counselor, and Carlos, 61, a professor, have been held without bail since their arrests in January. The indictment states that for the past 30 years, the couple provided information to the Cuban intelligence service…( Sun-Sentinel, 1 Jun 06)

Judge questions role of wife in alleged Cuba spy tandem
A federal judge raised questions about the role of a Florida International University employee accused along with her professor husband of working as agents of the Cuban govement, suggesting that the charges amounted to "character assassination" against her….(AP, 1 Jun 06)

Feds bugged bedroom, phones of Florida university couple
Federal agents planted a bug in the bedroom of a Florida International University a couple of years ago, netting evidence to charge them as unregistered agents for the Cuban government, according to court records.  The FBI also wiretapped the home phones of Professor Carlos Alvarez and his counselor wife, Elsa Alvarez, from at least late 2001 until last summer, collecting electronic evidence on practically all of their conversations…..(Miami Herald, 29 Mar 06)

Couple spied on president of FIU, FBI says

Accused Cuban spies targeted the president of Florida International University, according to a government affidavit.  Carlos M. and Elsa Alvarez spied on Florida International University President Modesto ''Mitch'' Maidique, giving details in at least one report to their Cuban intelligence handlers about a White House invitation Maidique received, according to a government affidavit obtained by The Miami Herald…..(Miami Herald, 26 Jan 06)

Cuban official questions FIU spy arrests
A top Cuban official said Monday that this month's jailing of two Florida academics on charges they spied for Cuba for three decades was ''strange'' and “worrisome.”  In the government's first public reaction to the case, Parliament Speaker Ricardo Alarcón questioned the timing of the married couple's arrests, which came as a federal appeals court prepared to rehear arguments in the case of five other Cubans accused of being secret agents of the Cuban government…..(AP, 17 Jan 06)

Spy case a burden for FIU leader

Long before he became president of Florida International University, Modesto ''Mitch'' Maidique had a friend in Carlos M. Alvarez, the faculty member now accused of spying for Cuba.  'The first time I met Maidique, when he was applying for the [job as] president, one of the first people he brought to lunch was Carlos Alvarez,'' recalled Tony Maingot, a retired FIU professor who served on the presidential search committee in 1986…(Miami Herald, 16 Jan 06)

Alleged Cuba spy identified years ago

The activities of a Florida International University mental-health counselor accused of operating as a covert agent for the Cuban government came to the attention of Congress as early as 1982 when she worked for the University of Miami, according to congressional records.  Florida investigators warned the federal government that several Cuban exiles in Miami, among them Elsa Prieto Alvarez, were providing sensitive information to Cuba's communist government just as Miami was struggling to absorb more than 125,000 Mariel refugees, hundreds of them prisoners with serious criminal backgrounds and patients with severe mental illnesses…..(Monterey Herald, 13 Jan 06)

One of two accused spies was Maceo Brigade member

A little-known group of Cuban Americans has emerged as part of the background of one of the two Florida International University employees accused of spying for Cuba. Elsa Prieto Alvarez, 55, was a member of the Antonio Maceo Brigade -- a controversial organization founded 27 years ago by children of Cuban exiles who fled the Cuban revolution soon after Fidel Castro seized power in 1959. Prieto Alvarez and her husband, Carlos Alvarez, 61, have been accused of providing the Cuban government with information about exile groups and not registering as foreign agents….(Miami Herald, 13 Jan 06)

FIU conducts own probe in spy case

Florida International University President Modesto ''Mitch'' Maidique urged patience from the community Wednesday in his first public statement since two of his employees were charged with spying for Cuba. ''My personal and professional interactions with the Alvarezes gave me absolutely no indication of any of the activities outlined in the indictment,'' Maidique said in a written statement…..(Miami Herald, 12 Jan 06)

Maidique Says He Saw 'Absolutely No Indication' Of Espionage

As allegations of espionage swirl around a South Florida university, some professors want reassurance that their programs and careers will not be damaged by their friendship with Carlos Alvarez, NBC 6's Hank Tester reported. Carlos Alvarez, 61, a psychology professor at Florida International University, and his wife, 55-year-old Elsa Alvarez, have been charged with acting as agents of Cuba without registering with the U.S. government as required…..(NBC6.net, 11 Jan 06)

Arrests Show U.S.-Cuba Cold War Persists

The arrest of two academics on charges of spying for Cuba was a stark reminder that more than a decade after the fall of the Soviet Union, the Cold War still rages between Fidel Castro's communist government and the United States….(AP, 11 Jan 06)

Alleged spy couple did not recruit

The Cuban government may have asked a Florida International University couple to recruit South Florida youths for their alleged spying on the exile community, but law-enforcement officials say no evidence shows the husband-and-wife team actually did any recruiting…..(Miami Herald, 11 Jan 06)

Florida Professor, Wife Spied for Cuba For Decades, an Indictment Alleges

A Florida college professor and his wife, a university administrator, face charges that they acted as covert agents for Cuba's communist regime for more than two decades.  In an indictment unsealed yesterday, prosecutors charged Carlos Alvarez, 61, an associate professor of educational leadership at Florida International University, and Elsa Alvarez, 55, a coordinator for the school's counseling program, with secretly gathering information on anti-Castro efforts in South Florida….(New York Sun, 10 Jan 06)

Officials say professor, wife worked for Cuba

A Miami college professor and his wife have been indicted for being illegal foreign agents and passing on non-classified information to Cuba, charges that evoke the long-running espionage saga involving South Florida and the nearby communist regime…..(Sun-Sentinel, 10 Jan 05)

FBI: FIU couple spied for Cuba

A Florida International University professor and his wife, an FIU counselor, were accused Monday of operating as covert agents for Cuba's communist government for decades, using shortwave radios, numerical-code language and computer-encrypted files to send information about Miami's exile community to top Castro intelligence commanders.....(Miami Herald, 10 Jan 06)

Suspects led low-profile lives

Accused Cuban spies Carlos and Elsa Alvarez lived low-profile lives in the academic community. Colleagues are shocked at the government's allegations.....(Miami Herald, 10 Jan 06)

Florida Couple Indicted as Cuban Agents

U.S. officials on Monday accused a Florida university professor and his wife of acting as Cuban spies for more than two decades — sending Fidel Castro's intelligence agency encrypted reports about American officials, FBI agents and anti-Castro groups and attempting to recruit young Cuban Americans as fellow agents......(Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan 06)

FIU Professor, Wife Accused Of Acting As Cuban Agents

A college professor and his wife, a university administrator, have been charged with being illegal agents of Cuba's communist government run by President Fidel Castro, according to court documents unsealed Monday.....(NBC6.net, 9 Jan 06)

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Florida couple charged as covert Cuba agents

A husband and wife who worked at a Florida university were accused on Monday of being covert agents for Cuba and feeding information on U.S. government officials and anti-Castro exile groups to Havana for nearly 30 years, according to an indictment.....(Reuters, 10 Jan 06)

Feds: Professor, wife snooped for Cuba

A college psychology professor and his wife, a social-work program coordinator at the same university, appeared in federal court Monday on charges that for decades they used their academic positions as cover to spy as illegal agents of the communist Cuban government run by President Fidel Castro......(AP, 9 Jan 06)

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