Mexico City, October 21 (RHC)-– Mexico has condemned the recently-revealed acts of espionage conducted by U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) on former Mexican President Felipe Calderon.
The Mexican foreign ministry said in its statement."This practice is unacceptable, unlawful and is contrary to Mexican law and international law."
On Sunday, Germany's Spiegel magazine cited documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, descibing how, in 2010, the NSA illegally accessed the email account of then Mexican President Felipe Calderon.
According to the report, in an operation called "Flatliquid," the NSA successfully invaded "a mail server for access to Calderon's account and the Mexican presidential domain used by cabinet members for diplomatic and economic communications."
In September, Brazil’s Globo TV reported that the NSA spied on private communications of the Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. The report was again based on documents released by Snowden.
The NSA replied in a statement later Sunday that the United States gathers foreign intelligence of the type gathered by all nations, declining to comment on the specific case reported by Spiegel.
The current Mexican administration has called on US President Barack Obama to order a probe into allegations that the NSA has spied on his private communications, adding that it is expecting a swift answer.
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