AMLO acknowledged the armed forces do ‘intelligence’ work on civilians, but declined to call it ‘espionage’

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador acknowledged that his government was investigating and monitoring civilians, but refused to call it espionage and assured that the purpose of the National Intelligence Center (CNI), led by General Audomaro Martínez Zapata, was to prevent acts of sabotage or attacks by organized crime.

‘Well, you have to do research, not espionage, that’s different and the government intelligence institute is doing research,’ said president when asked about communications intervention against rights activists of the man or of the journalists.

“they inform meIt is intelligence work that is done in coordination (…) and whose purpose is to learn about the movements or operations of organized crime, ”explained the executive.

When questioned, López Obrador launched himself against the journalists for having tried to put on the agenda the issue of spying on civilians by the Secretary of National Defense (Sedena) and refused to allow General Audomaro Martínez to appear on morning to explain the information purchase contracts. equipment.

“An invention of you, one more shot“said the president despite the fact that the journalist offered to show him the evidence on which the report on the case of a human rights defender in Nuevo Laredo is based.