MIAMI -- Immigrations and Customs Enforcement has deported a man who was accused of being a spy for Cuba.

Juan Emilio Aboy, 44, was sent back to his native land Tuesday.

Aboy was held for three years without criminal charges but faced immigration charges.

Aboy had recently been protesting his detention as a suspected spy with hunger strike. His attorney says he lost about 45 pounds and was hospitalized over the weekend and forcibly administered saline solution through an intravenous drip after a judge ruled last week that Aboy could be force-fed.

Officials claim Aboy had links to a Cuban spy network and planned to infiltrate U.S. central command. They also say Aboy lied when he applied for residency.

FBI investigators said they linked Aboy to the Wasp Network, a Miami-based Cuban intelligence ring that operated in the 1990s and was dismantled by the FBI in 1998. All members of the ring were sent to prison.

Aboy was a commercial diver and Miami resident for seven years and lived at 11800 S.W. 26 Terrace near Westchester. After a yearlong investigation, FBI agents arrested Aboy in May 2002.