Transparency investigates Mexican Presidency for disclosing data from New York Times correspondent

He National Institute for Transparency, Access to Information and Protection of Personal Data (Inai) announced this Thursday an investigation into the disclosure of the telephone number of a correspondent from New York Times (NYT) at the president’s morning briefing, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

López Obrador described this Thursday as “filthy pamphlet” for the New York Times for investigating alleged payments of drug trafficking who received his 2018 election campaign based on an investigation by washingtonclosed today, which also involved his children.

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The Mexican president displayed a letter from the newspaper’s correspondent in Mexico, Natalie Kitroeffwhich included his telephone number and a questionnaire about the investigation into the alleged bribery of the Sinaloa Cartel it’s from Zetas Cartel.

Following these events and through a statement, Inai indicated that it is investigating the publication of the journalist’s telephone number to determine whether there are violations of the law General Personal Data Protection Law.

The autonomous body stated that “During the conference, López Obrador referred to an investigative work by the aforementioned international newspaper and read, in front of everyone, the correspondent’s telephone number.”.

The investigation, said Inai, “seeks to determine whether there are violations of principles and duties established in the General Law for the Protection of Personal Data held by Obligated Subjects”.

However, the Transparency body indicated that “We are awaiting any complaints that may arise from this matter”.

In his defense, López Obrador maintained in his conference that the report, not yet published at the time, is retaliation for criticism he made of the New York media in an interview broadcast this week on Canal Red, the former leader’s YouTube platform. from Podemos, the Spanish Pablo Iglesias.

According to Kitroeff’s text, the newspaper had access to documents and interviews in which an informant told American investigators that “one of the president’s closest confidants“he met with Ismael Zambadaone of the leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel, before the 2018 elections.

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Another stated that, after the victory of López Obrador, one of the founders of the Zetas Cartel, he paid 4 million dollars to two of the president’s allies in the hope of getting out of prison.

While a third assured American investigators that the cartels had videos showing the president’s children receiving money from organized crime.

The investigation is added to that of ProPúblicawhich in January published that the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) investigated an alleged “Substantial evidence” that the Sinaloa Cartel contributed $2 million to López Obrador’s 2006 presidential campaign.

Source: Elcomercio

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