A former high-ranking U.S. immigration agent was sentenced in Miami to five years in prison for disclosing official secrets to Cuba in an espionage case that prompted Washington to expel a Cuban diplomat.
Mariano Faget, 55, was convicted in May 2000 of four counts of violating the Espionage Act by disclosing secrets and lying about his contact with a Cuban diplomat, Jose Imperatori.
Faget, who as an INS supervisor had security clearance, was arrested in February 2000.