Operation Golden Eagle: Homeless, Fugitive Hacker Has Asked for Asylum in Mexico Ms. Smith - CSO
go to original November 6, 2017

Anonymous Operation Golden Eagle (Commander X)

A homeless, fugitive hacker has asked Mexico for asylum, according to Operation Golden Eagle; it is an operation announced by a group from the hacking collective Anonymous as this hacker is allegedly one of the leaders of Anonymous.

The “homeless hacker” Commander X, aka Christopher Mark Doyon, who is on the run from the U.S. government and has been hiding in Canada for years, traveled “on foot” across two international borders, making his way on land from Canada, through the U.S. and then secretly slipped into Mexico. On Sunday, Nov. 5, Commander X published an open letter to the government and people of Mexico.

According to the press release for Operation Golden Eagle, Commander X is asking Mexico for “political asylum, sanctuary – and protection from persecution perpetrated by the government of the USA.”

The announcement was meant to be made on November the 5th, Guy Fawkes Day, but ran into a delay. In the Operation Golden Eagle video, we can see that this Anonymous Operation is dedicated to the memory Aaron Swartz – “that no more hacktivists will die at the hands of the USDoJ.” The Fifth Annual Aaron Swartz Day and Hackathon was held on Nov. 4 and 5.

Commander X told the Mexican government:

I hereby invoke all of my rights under all international human rights instruments and accords, including the United Nations Charter on Human Rights and all relevant sections of the Geneva Convention. In addition, I invoke all of my rights under the Constitution of Mexico. If I return to the USA there is a substantial chance that I will be imprisoned unjustly, and due to my health, I would almost certainly die from prolonged incarceration in US Federal prisons that have been found by a number of nations to fall far short of the conditions required for humane incarceration by UN standards. I am in imminent danger of physical harm and death. I request immediate refugee status as a political dissident.

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