President Lopez Obrador lashes out at what he calls Pentagon’s “spying”, saying he would start classifying data from navy to guard nationwide safety.
(Reuters)
Mexican President
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has accused the Pentagon of
spying on his authorities following leaks in US media, and stated
he would start classifying data from the armed forces to
defend nationwide safety.
His feedback got here on Tuesday, a number of days after the Washington Post reported on obvious tensions between Mexico’s Navy and the Army, citing a US navy briefing revealed in on-line leaks of secret US navy data.
“We’re now going to safeguard data from the Navy and
the Defense Ministry, as a result of we’re being a goal of spying by
the Pentagon,” Lopez Obrador instructed his each day news convention.
A Pentagon spokesperson stated the US Department of Defense has
a “strong collaborative defence partnership” with Mexico’s Army
and Navy, and that the entities deal with frequent challenges “whereas
respecting one another’s sovereignty and respective overseas
coverage agendas.”
The Pentagon has previously called the leak a “deliberate,
prison act.”
The Washington Post story stated there was no indication the
cited doc got here from intercepted communications of Mexican
officers.
Lopez Obrador has come beneath strain to carry the navy
accountable for years of alleged abuses, together with reported
disappearances and killings.
Even so, he has elevated the
military’s function in public security and sought to place the National
Guard, a militarised police pressure, beneath Army management.
On Monday, Lopez Obrador had described the US intelligence
within the leaks as an “abusive, overbearing intrusion that ought to
not be accepted beneath any circumstance,” including that he didn’t
plan to rebuke the US, however would sooner or later talk about
“conditions for collaborative work.”
When introduced on Tuesday with new allegations of the usage of
controversial adware Pegasus throughout his authorities, he
reiterated that his administration doesn’t spy.
Prominent Mexico-based rights group Centro Prodh on Tuesday
stated two of its employees had their telephones focused by Pegasus final
yr, in response to an evaluation by Toronto-based digital watchdog
Citizen Lab, changing into the most recent of a number of alleged instances of
Pegasus used throughout Lopez Obrador’s authorities.
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No eye-to-eye
The Mexican president has been at loggerheads with the US in a number of points just lately.
He just lately blamed the US for the fentanyl disaster, which causes about 70,000 deaths per yr within the latter.
He doubled down on the subject a number of instances, saying the “lack of hugs” and lack of household values is the reason for the opioid drawback.
He additionally denounced the costs towards former president Donald Trump, calling them a “smear campaign” used to harm his 2024 election bid.
Lopez Obrador went on to lose the 2006 and 2012 presidential election — outcomes he didn’t settle for, alleging large voter fraud.
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