Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador ratcheted up the political infighting with the U.S. by saying Tuesday his country has been a target of espionage by the Pentagon.
AMLO, as the president is known, said the Mexican government needs to safeguard classified information to protect its “national security and defend its sovereignty,” arguing without showing proof the country is subject to spying by units of its northern neighbor including the Drug Enforcement Administration.
“We’re going to take care of information from the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of Defense because we’re the object of espionage by the Pentagon,” AMLO told reporters during his daily press briefing, adding that several media organization in Mexico are “leaking information provided by the DEA.”
