The United States Department of State says federal agents have apprehended three Cuban nationals after US Secretary of State Maroc Rubio terminated their legal status.
Thomas ‘Tommy’ Pigott
State Department Spokesperson Thomas ‘Tommy’ Pigott said ‘Carlos Antonio Lloga Dominguez – who spent more than a decade working as a foreign subversive for the Communist Cuban regime’s premier influence and intelligence front group in the United States – and his wife and son are now in federal custody pending removal from our country.’
Lloga Dominguez spent more than a decade employed by the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the People (ICAP).
‘He has continued to maintain ties to the transnational communist subversion network throughout his time residing in our nation,’ Pigott said.
He said ICAP, which Rubio designated for sanctions under Executive Order 14404 in June, is ‘the central node in a sprawling Cuban intelligence and influence operation, claiming to span more than 2,000 organizations across more than 150 countries.
‘The organization has a long and intimate relationship with Cuban intelligence agents; in fact, ICAP’s current president, Fernando González Llort, is a convicted Cuban spy who served 15 years in US prison for his role in the infamous Wasp Network – a massive illegal Cuban spy ring uncovered in Florida in the late 1990,’ Pigott said.
‘Working in close coordination with the Cuban communist regime, ICAP maintains an outsized footprint across the United States, trafficking in vile anti-American propaganda, cultivating pro-Havana regime activists and politicians, and lobbying federal, state and local politicians on behalf of the Cuban dictatorship,’ he added.
‘The organization facilitates close working relationships between Havana and radical US groups, using America’s far left milieu as a vehicle to export Cuba’s Communist revolution to the United States,’ Pigott continued. ‘Under the Trump administration, America will never become home for Cuban Communist regime thugs who peddle propaganda, run foreign influence operations, or seek to wage revolution against American civilization.’
Pursuant to Executive Order 14404, he said all ICAP property and interests in property are blocked and any transactions with ICAP are prohibited, absent an express authorization by the Departments of Treasury or State.
‘And any foreign aliens involved in ICAP’s anti-American subversion operations should expect to soon find themselves on an ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency) deportation flight,’ Pigott warned.