Venezuelan national Eduardo Daboin Rall spoke to NBC News about being boarded onto a bus Friday at a Texas detention facility before the vehicle was turned around.
Two sources confirmed that the defense secretary used his personal phone to send information about U.S. military operations in Yemen to a 13-person group chat.
The jury returned a verdict of guilty on all counts in the same Manhattan courthouse where a different jury convicted Bob Menendez of many of the same charges last year.
Jose Hermosillo, 19, who lives in New Mexico, and his girlfriend were visiting family in Tucson when he was detained, relatives said. His case was dismissed Thursday.