Espionage/Spy Case:
Carlos Alvarez & Elsa Alvarez
Carlos Alvarez, PhD Elsa Alvarez, LCSW Arrested: Friday, 6 January 2006 Confessed to spying in June and July 2005 to FBI and NCIS
Friday, 6 January 2006 Confessed to spying in June and July 2005 to FBI and NCIS
Charges: Spying for Communist Cuba 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.
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College professor, Florida International University since 1974
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"
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University Administrator, Florida International University since 1999
Coordinator in the social work training program, specializing in psychological treatment, crisis intervention and group psychotherapy