AMLO insists that his government does “intelligence”, not espionage

The Mexican President, Andres Manuel Lopez Obradorinsisted this Tuesday that his government does “intelligence”, not espionagedespite a ruling by the Supreme Court against interventions by the Army and a report by The New York Times about your continued use of the Pegasus software.

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“We have a clear conscience to say that they are not going to be violated human rightsnor will anyone be spied on, we have never done it”asserted the president in his morning press conference.

His statements come despite an investigation by the newspaper The New York Timeswhich revealed this Tuesday that the Government of Mexico became in previous six-year terms the first and largest user of Pegasusa program of Israel spyingan activity that has not stopped in this Administration.

Although Lopez Obrador had promised in 2021 that “nobody is spied on anymore”the newspaper reported that his government has used Pegasus to monitor activists, such as members of the Miguel Agustín Pro Juáre Human Rights Centerz (Centro Prodh), which defends victims of human rights violations.

The Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Navy and the Government of the Republic they are respectful of human rights and espionage is not done as it was done before”maintained the president.

The first time the scandal broke out was in 2021, when an international media investigation revealed that several countries intervened 50,000 phones with Pegasus, of which 15,000 cases were in Mexico during the government of Enrique Pena Nieto (2012-2018), the highest number in the world.

while the group Macaw Leaks published last October documents that he hacked from the Secretary of National Defense (Sedena)in which it was revealed that the Army had spied, already with the president Lopez Obrador in power, journalists and activists.

Added to this was a ruling by the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN)which this Monday prohibited the Army from intercepting citizen communications without judicial authorization.

“What the Court resolved yesterday is respected because we have been doing it, no action of investigationintelligence, if there is no court order “, commented on it Lopez Obrador.

Source: Elcomercio

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