Eight defendants were charged with conspiracy to illegally acting as agents of a foreign government, federal prosecutors said Friday. They face up to five years in prison if convicted.
Three of the 10 are charged with conspiracy to communicate U.S. national defense information to the Cuban government, which is punishable by life imprisonment. They were arrested Sept. 12.
They are accused of trying to penetrate U.S. military bases, infiltrate anti-Castro exile groups and manipulate U.S. media and political organizations. Prosecutors say it is the biggest Cuban spy ring uncovered in the United States since Castro took power in 1959.
The Pentagon said none of the alleged spies obtained U.S. secrets.
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