Biography
Joseph Santos-Cecilia was individually named in an FBI announcement of ten arrests in South Florida on September 12, 1998 concerning an alleged Cuban intelligence network.
An FBI September 14, 1998 announcement, reproduced in the September 24 Congressional Record, individually names Joseph Santos-Cecilia among ten people arrested in South Florida on September 12. The announcement alleges work for a Cuban intelligence network and espionage-related activity; these are the government’s allegations, not proof of a conviction or a completed sentence. The announcement does not establish the person’s subsequent legal-name history, jail-admission or release dates, or completed custody duration. The dates of birth listed with these network identities may refer to cover identities and are not independently verified biographical dates. No present custody status is inferred. Congressional Record reproduction of the FBI announcement, S10914.
The September 14, 1998 FBI announcement, reproduced in the Congressional Record on September 24, identifies this defendant and reports the birth date entered here. The Miami Herald reported a guilty plea by October 22, 1998. The couple pleaded guilty on October 21, 1998 before Judge Joan Lenard; Caroline Heck Miller prosecuted. Their cooperation agreement did not establish a release date.
FBI announcement in Congressional Record; official Congressional Record; contemporary guilty-plea report.
