Mexico’s President reveals ‘spying’ devices in presidential office

cde.news desk 30 August 2019, 07:45 · 1 min read

epa07801566 President of Mexico Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador offers a morning press conference, at the National Palace, in Mexico City, Mexico, 29 August 2019. The Mexican President called the massacre that left 28 people dead at a bar 'something very painful, horrifying something that saddens and degrades us as a society, government, and country'. He said that this cannot be allowed and that his government will seek a way for this not to be repeated, 'by all means'. A day earlier, a massacre at a bar in the port of Coatzacoalcos, in eastern Mexico, left 28 dead. EPA-EFE/Jose Mendez

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Thursday unseen forces were spying on him and his cabinet, revealing that a “sophisticated camera” had been discovered at the presidential offices in central Mexico City.

During a regular daily news briefing, in which he usually expounds on everything from history and economics to culture, Lopez Obrador said the device had been found in a room used for meetings in the National Palace, his headquarters.

“Just imagine, they’ve been recording us in a meeting room, here in the Palace,” the president said as he reflected on the importance of free speech and transparency.

Via Reuters / Euronews

Topics Mexico