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Undercover agent
Spy on trial
In July 2007 people in Puerto de la Cruz were surprised with the news that a local resident, Roberto Flórez García, had been arrested and charged with espionage.
Flórez could face a long prison sentence
Flórez could face a long prison sentence
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06.02.2010 - He goes on trial at the end of January in Madrid, charged with spying for the Russians.  Flórez is an ex- Civil Guard of­ficer who was then recruited by the CNI, Spain’s National Intelligence Centre, for which he worked between 1991 and 2004.  He’s believed to have sold sensitive information to the Russians, especially con­cerning double agents work­ing for Spanish intelligence, whilst destined as attaché to the Spanish embassy in Lima, Peru.  Flórez moved to Puerto de la Cruz where he lived with his wife, herself a native of Puerto.  It’s alleged he owned two apartments in Puerto as well as a garage where he kept boxes of DVDs with the information he passed on to the Russians.  If he is proved guilty of espionage and consequently declared a traitor, Flórez could spend between six and twelve years in prison.

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