Former US military intelligence analyst and Pentagon analyst Ana Belén Montes, who was sentenced to 25 years in prison for spying for Cuba in 2002, has been released from prison. It has been reported Associated press Regarding Scott Taylor, representative of the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
According to the agency, Montes was 65 at the time of his release.
Prosecutors believe Montes disclosed the identity of the four undercover US agents to Cuban authorities and gave Cuba top-secret information about the US surveillance of Cuban weapons. Based on the charges, he faced the death penalty.
In 2002 Montes struck a deal with the investigation, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to spy, and was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
The investigation believes that Montes was hired by Cuban intelligence when he worked in the Freedom of Information Division of the US Department of Justice from 1979 to 1985, after which he was asked to find a job with access to more useful information for Cuba. .
Since 1985, Montes began working for the Defense Intelligence Agency and is considered the leading analyst for the Cuban military.
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