Mexico Demands US Answers on German Media Reports of Spying Agence France-Presse
go to original October 21, 2013

Whistleblower Edward Snowden has leaked new information showing the NSA hacked the email account of Mexico's then-President Felipe Calderon. (Newsy/PaparazziVideos)

MEXICO CITY - Mexico has demanded answers from Washington following a report in a German weekly that US agents hacked into former president Felipe Calderon's email account.

Der Spiegel cited documents provided by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden as the source of its report, which claimed that the NSA has spied on the Mexican government for years.

"The Mexican government reiterates its categorical condemnation of the violation of privacy of institutional communications and Mexican citizens," Mexico's foreign ministry said in a statement Sunday.

"This practices is unacceptable, illegitimate and contrary to Mexican law and international law," the statement read, adding that it will ask US officials for answers "as soon as possible."

In May 2010 the NSA hacked into the email service of the Mexican presidency, and were able to access president Calderon's email messages, according to Der Spiegel.

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