Question: Were Leandro Aragoncillo and Rhoda Holmes Nicholls from the same country?

<P0-S0> Burr H. Nicholls( December 9, 1848 – May 12, 1915) was an American painter who studied art with Carolus- Duran in Paris and first exhibited his work in London at Dudley Gallery. <P0-S1> Most of his works were based upon scenes from the seven years that he studied and lived in Europe. <P0-S2> Nicholls was married three times, but it was his marriage to his second wife, Rhoda Holmes Nicholls, that caused a media sensation across the United States. <P0-S3> In 1897 both Burr and Rhoda Nicholls submitted paintings to the Paris Salon; Rhoda's was accepted with honorable mention but Burr's was rejected. <P0-S4> This triggered a period of marital discontent followed by separation. <P0-S5> Their divorce was finalized in 1906 and was reported in many American newspapers. <P0-S6> Journalists warned women of the peril of pursuing vocations that put them in competition with their husbands. <SEP> <P1-S0> The FBI labeled Aragoncillo the first known case of espionage within the history of the White House. <P1-S1> For over thirty- one months, from 1999 to 2001, Aragoncillo was assigned under Vice President Al Gore and then later under Vice President Dick Cheney. <P1-S2> Hired to work for the FBI at the Army's Ft. Monmouth base in New Jersey in July 2004, Aragoncillo began sending classified documents in January 2005, according to a federal complaint. <P1-S3> On October 5, 2005, Aragoncillo was indicted and arrested in New Jersey for espionage. <P1-S4> Federal agents accused him of stealing classified information, including details about the current President of the Philippines, Gloria Macapagal- Arroyo and then passing that information onto opposition leaders in the Philippines. <P1-S5> Frequent visits by Aragoncillo to Manila allegedly were interspersed with clandestine meetings between identified, French operatives and several" illegals"( i.e. unregistered agents) around 2002 to 2004. <P1-S6> Statutes used against Aragoncillo: <P1-S7> Michael Ray Aquino, a former deputy director of the Philippines National Police who lived in New York City, was arrested also and was charged. <P1-S8> A naturalized Filipino- American, he was charged with espionage and with leaking classified information to the regime of a former Filipino president. <P1-S9> He was accused of receiving documents. <P1-S10> He pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of secret, U.S. government documents. <P1-S11> He faced a jail sentence of between 70 and 87 months plus a fine of$ 250,000. <P1-S12> On July 17, 2007, he was sentenced to six years and four months. <P1-S13> Leandro Aragoncillo, on the other hand, was sentenced on July 18, 2007, in New Jersey by U.S. District Judge William H. Walls to ten years in prison. <P1-S14> Under a proposed plea agreement, Aragoncillo had faced up to twenty years in prison. <SEP> <P2-S0> Michael Ray Aquino is a former intelligence officer in the police force of the Philippines. <P2-S1> He was accused of involvement in a 2000 political murder, and more recently was convicted of helping to transmit classified information from the United States to opposition leaders in the Philippines. <P2-S2> Aquino's Philippine- related career included serving as Deputy Directory of the Intelligence Group, and as senior superintendent of the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Task Force( now defunct). <P2-S3> He served under President Joseph Estrada, and remained politically loyal to Estrada after Gloria Macapagal- Arroyo rose to power. <P2-S4> In 2001, he and Cesar Mancao were charged in connection with the killing of Bubby Dacer, a former public relations official for Joseph Estrada. <P2-S5> Aquino then left the Philippines and moved to New York. <P2-S6> In March 2005, Aquino was arrested for overstaying his visa. <P2-S7> He contacted his friend Leandro Aragoncillo, a Philippine- born security specialist at the White House; however, Aragoncillo's efforts on Aquino's behalf eventually led to Aragoncillo's being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. <P2-S8> In the course of that investigation, evidence of espionage against the United States Government was uncovered. <P2-S9> Aquino was then accused of helping Aragoncillo transmit classified United States documents regarding President Gloria Macapagal- Arroyo to her opponents in the Philippines, including both Joseph Estrada and current opposition leader Panfilo Lacson, who had been Aquino's superior in the police force. <P2-S10> Under an eventual plea-bargain agreement, Aquino entered a plea of guilty to illegal possession of classified documents, but avoided the more serious charge of espionage that Leandro Aragoncillo received. <P2-S11> Aquino faced a jail sentence of between 70 and 87 months plus a$ 250,000 fine. <P2-S12> On July 17, 2007, he was sentenced to six years and four months in prison by U.S. District Judge William H. Walls. <P2-S13> Federal prosecutors had sought the maximum 10- year term. <SEP> <P3-S0> She studied art in England and Italy, and her work was viewed and praised at the time by the queens of both countries. <P3-S1> A body of work was created in South Africa by Nicholls of Port Elizabeth area's scenery, wildlife and architecture. <P3-S2> Rhoda Holmes Nicholls (March 28, 1854 – September 7, 1930) was an English-American watercolor and oil painter, born in Coventry, England. <P3-S3> She lived there on her brothers' 25,000-acre ostrich farm for one year. <P3-S4> Her watercolor paintings and illustrations were published in journals, and her oil paintings won awards in the United States and Europe. <P3-S5> Nicholls was a successful artist, writer and art instructor. <P3-S6> She was actively involved in many art organizations as a member and leader.