Department of Transportation, and, in 1989, she joined the State Department’s U.S. Velazquez later served as an attorney advisor at the U.S. Velazquez later obtained a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1982 and a master’s degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, D.C., in 1984. She graduated from Princeton University in 1979 with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Latin American Studies. If convicted of the charges against her, Velazquez faces a potential sentence of up to life in prison.Īccording to the indictment, Velazquez was born in Puerto Rico in 1957. She is currently living in Stockholm, Sweden. Velazquez has continuously remained outside the United States since 2002. It has remained under court seal until today. The indictment against Velazquez, who is also known as “Marta Rita Kviele” and as “Barbara,” was originally returned by a grand jury in the District of Columbia on Feb. Montes is currently serving a 25-year prison sentence. On March 19, 2002, Montes pleaded guilty in the District of Columbia to conspiracy to commit espionage on behalf of Cuba. Montes served as an intelligence analyst at DIA from September 1985 until she was arrested for espionage by FBI agents on Sept. The charges against Velazquez stem from, among other things, her alleged role in introducing Ana Belen Montes, now 55, to the Cuban Intelligence Service (CuIS) in 1984 in facilitating Montes’s recruitment by the CuIS and in helping Montes later gain employment at the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia and Valerie Parlave, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office. District Court for the District of Columbia charging Marta Rita Velazquez, 55, with conspiracy to commit espionage, announced John Carlin, Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security Ronald C. A one-count indictment was unsealed today in U.S.
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